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<br />40 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />O~1818 <br /> <br />Salas, Burns and Duncan and the Lewelling and McCormick ditches <br /> <br /> <br />this enhanced value. is dependent on flood control, since a full <br /> <br /> <br />water supply is obtained by early priority rights. For the <br /> <br />Baca, Enlarged South Side, and Model ditohes the increased value <br />is dependent upon both. Based upon average irrigated areas for <br /> <br />the period 1922-l937, the increased land value for full supply <br /> <br /> <br />and flood control is $47 per acre for the latter group. In this <br /> <br />report it has been shown that the additional water supply afforded <br /> <br /> <br />is l/? of that n~ed. With increase in land value on account of <br /> <br /> <br />flood control and supplemental water taken as proportional to the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />supplemental water supply afforded, the enhanced value of these <br /> <br /> <br />l4,800 acres would be $232,000. Flood control benefits to the <br /> <br /> <br />other lands, and new improvmnents encouraged by supplemental <br /> <br /> <br />water, would probably raise this sum to $400,000. For the <br /> <br />average annual irrigated area of 20,000 acres then the anticipated <br /> <br />enhanced value from all causes is $20 per acre. With the present <br />mill levy for general ta~es, and assessed valuations at 60% of <br /> <br />actual value, taxes on these irrigated lands would be increased <br /> <br />42 cents an acre. On 20,000 acres this prOduces an estimated <br /> <br />increased tax income of ~8,400 annually, to the county. <br /> <br />. <br />