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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />000985 <br /> <br />Report of the Regional pirector <br /> <br />Dam and dike. . . . . . . . . . . $568,210 <br />Spillway. , , . . . . . . . . . e 214,147 <br />Outlet works. . . . . . . . . . . 113, J.49 <br />(1 ) Subtotal . . . . , . . -895;506 <br />Contingencies (2010 ) . . . . . . 179,101 <br />Rights-of-way. . . . . . . . . . 258,000 <br />Utility relocations . . . . . . . 7,000 <br />Denver efi'ice costs . . . . . . 43;000 <br />Total . ~\l "8" "07 <br />. . . . . . . . . . . . <i? , u t:.o, b <br /> <br />400 The economic justification of a potential develorment is <br />teetod by the benefit-cost ratio which measures the net oen'3fi ts <br />obtainable contrasted with the attendant Fc deral cOots of bringing; <br />about theso bCllefits, To obtain the ber.efit-cost re.tio, the adjusted <br />cunstruction cast--',hat is, the net Federal pr0joct investment--m113t <br />bo translatod into an annual' equivalent stUn which, when added to t"e <br />tlnnual expense.3 of operv.ticn, maintonance, and replacoment, is <br />comparable v;i th the annual benefi t~. The no.(; Foderal project inv8st- <br />ment consists of the total construction cost plus interest dnring; <br />constructi,)n less the present worth of the terminal salvaGe ,alne of <br />all facilities. Tho annual equivalont project cost is obtained by <br />calculatinG a yearly amortization of "he net Federal project invcst- <br />mer.t at 2-1/2 porcent o-.rer the anticipe.ted u3ef'.ll life of t'le project. <br />The annual equi va 18 !lt project cost of the Braziol Reservoir is <br />$38,2070 <br /> <br />41. N~ny of the obvi0us benofits that would accrue from the <br />Br8."iElI Resorvcir are not readil!' suscoptible to e-mlu8.t.ion. Such <br />benefi ts includa: d"crensing the demand on the Ft. La.ramie Canal by <br />approximatoly 6,100 acre-feet mlllually thus effectuating an increase <br />of the co.pc.city of the canal equivalent tc about five porcent; decreas- <br />ing; flows in drains and thereby reducing; seepage on adjacont lands; <br />promcting efficiency and ease af oporation of tho Ft, Laramie Ce.nul <br />and of '01:0 Horse Creok Lateral system; and reducing the need for <br />rationinG and rota:\;ing wator over most of the division. Othor benofi 'os <br />are mor." roadily evo.luated. Thoy include t.he followinG: conser- <br />v~tion of an average of 8,400 acre-feot of water annually from "actes <br />and runoff; stabilization of the water supply for 8,700 acrOG of l~nd <br />irrib~tod ~rom the Horso Creak Lateral; local recreational use; und <br />fish and wildlife propaGation. The annual val"os of' thoso benefits <br />and the Ilt::nWl::tn'l:; Cl0f:i:G 1.n"c0:vnd (tr..;I ;nunmfll'lztto in th.:: following <br />i;a1.'~ll:l.t.iUl...S <br /> <br />10 <br />