WSP05149

• File Number: 8180.800
• Description: Purgatoire River Project
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 9/1/1949
• Author: RJ Tipton
• Title: Engineering Report on Flood Control and Irrigation District with Particular Reference to the Piedmont Bridge Dam and Reservoir Site
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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The farmer, or the land 01mer in case of tenant operated

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,tarms, must pay for water out of the net ,income derived from
crop production. Land rental agreements between the owner and

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farm operator, or tenant, provide a rational basis for deter-

mining net farm income. The usual type of rental agreement is
pne in which the owner furnishes the land and improvements, pays

the taxes and water charges, and, in return, receives a stipu-

lated part of the crops. Utilizing the established rental rate

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for this t:iPe of agreement, the owners income was determined to

be $2.91 for dry land, $9.69 for land now irrigated and $13.57

under operation of the project.
The differences between the owner's share with the project

and without the project are $10.66 for dry land and $3.88 for

irrigated land. These values represent the incremental gross

crop income to the land owner, attributable to irrigation water

made available by the project. The owner's share of the in-
cremental crop income is used to make up any added expense to

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efficiently utilize the additional ,later, an allowance for a

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reasonable return on the increased value of his investment, and

vater charges. Items making up the additional expense include

the incremental cost of farm management and increased taxes on

the farm property. Water charges are composed of the increased

operation and maintenance and repayment costs. These factors

were evaluated, from which it was estimated the owners could

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afford to pay $1.02 per acre for sup91ementa1 water and $4.41 per

acre for a full supply on the 2,700 acres.

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