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<br />, <br /> <br />NO.2 <br /> <br />GREAT NORTHERN PROJECT <br /> <br />1. Location and water source: Northeast of Craig, Colorado, <br />(Moffat and Routt Counties). <br />Elkhead Creek (Yampa River). <br /> <br />2. Estimated Cost: <br />Irrigation <br />Otl1er <br /> <br />Total Cost <br /> <br />$ 4,500,000 <br />500,000 <br />$ 5,000,000 <br /> <br />3. Irrigated acreage: <br /> <br />10,600 acres <br /> <br />4. Cost per acre: <br /> <br />$423. <br /> <br />5. Additional average annual stream depletion: <br /> <br />13,520 a.f. <br /> <br />6. Additional average annual stream depletion <br />per acre of irrigated land: <br /> <br />1.27 a.f. <br /> <br />7. Benefit-cost ratio: <br /> <br />1 to 1. <br /> <br />The foregoing summary of the Great Northern Project is <br />based upon the reconnaissance report of 1957. The report is there- <br />fore fairly current, although changes in computing benefit-cost <br />ratios and nonreimbursable items have occurred since that date. The <br />Great Northern Water Conservancy District was recently organized as <br />a contractual agency for this project. Conditional water rights <br />for the project have been obtained by the Colorado River Water Con- <br />servation District. <br /> <br />Based solely upon the reconnaissance data, tl1e project <br />is marginal. However, under the present method of computing benefit- <br />cost ratios and by including the benefits of nonreimbursable items, <br />which are not included in the reconnaissance report, it is very <br />possible that the benefit-cost ratio can be improved. Some benefits <br />would also accrue to presently irrigated lands by reason of return <br />flows. Such benefits are not included as a project benefit. <br /> <br />The development cost per acre and average additional <br />stream depletion per acre are entirely reasonable. Since no allo- <br />cation was made for nonreimbursable items, we have arbitrarily <br />allocated $500,000 for such purpose. <br />