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<br />;... <br /> <br />0481 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Economic Analysis <br /> <br />Benefit Determination <br /> <br />The ground-water recharge proposal would be a single purpose irrigation <br />proposal. Some 45,700 acre-feet of water would be made available to <br />irrigators as a result of the ground-water recharge. This amount of <br />water would provide an equivalent full water supply to approximately <br />21,600 acres of land. A new land equivalent method of benefit <br /> <br />evaluation was used because of the large area which could be served <br /> <br />and the method of service. well~~mPing the ground water could be <br /> <br />supplemental to surface suppli~S::.Cl~Uld provide the total supply to <br />r ....,,:~ <br />a farm, thus freeing surfa~e'wat~~'Tor use by other irrigators. This <br />I ' '.) <br />is the same analytical prOcedure/that is utilized for the Narrows Unit. <br />I ' / <br />The investment for wel)~, pumpi, and motors as well as their annual <br />,,, <br />. operating costs has le~n included in the "with" condition farm budgets. <br />- "j <br />/',<) <br />I rri ga t i on Benefj,ts~Ana 1 JtS i s <br />" 'I -~ <br />"'- - <br />Farm budgets for thEi-t'~ith" and "without" future situation were <br /> <br />prepared and used to determine the irrigation benefits attributable <br /> <br />to the proposed development. <br /> <br />Direct irrigation benefits are the increased net farm income that <br /> <br /> <br />would occur as a result of construction of the ground-water recharge <br /> <br /> <br />facilities. <br />