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<br />f'o <br />c: <br />C.l <br />- <br /> <br />~."'> <br />; ,'.- <br />~ i<~:.:-) <br /> <br />\iith tho Long Hollow Roservoir alone, built as th8 initial <br /> <br />unit of tTh, project, the equivalent Colorado aroa rccoiving 11 full <br /> <br />TIater supply would me $,300 acres, the reduction from tho 9,600 <br /> <br />acreS .lith both resorvoirs built being duo to the necessity for by- <br /> <br />passing water for New Mexico uso in the irrigation season in CODl- <br /> <br />pliancc with the La Plata Compact. <br /> <br />The avorage increase in crop values .lith the improved water <br /> <br />supply would wnount to about ~lO pOI' acro for tlw Colorado area <br /> <br />and $16 per acre for the NeVI Mexico division. Net incrbllsed <br /> <br />ret1ll'ns to tho irrigator would be somo.ihat IDss due to incroasod <br /> <br />cost of producing the larger crops. <br /> <br />FULL DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />Estimatod total construction cost <br /> <br />~\3. 760,000 <br /> <br />Colorado Division <br />Investigations <br />Long Hollow Roservoir (12,000 A.F.) <br />Inlet Canal <br />Outlet Canal <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />18,000 <br />1,322,000 <br />42,000 <br />68.000 <br />;$ 1,450,000 <br /> <br />"Repayment by irrigators (11,900 acres at <br />$1.61 per acre for 40 years) <br />Beyond repayment ability of irrigators <br /> <br />768.000' <br />~~ 682,000 <br /> <br />Almual cost to irrigators <br />*Construction charges (11,900 acres at <br />$1.61 per ncrc;) <br />Operation and maintenance of reservoir <br />and canals <br /> <br />Cost pCI' acre per year .(11,900 acres) <br /> <br />19,200 <br /> <br />4.000 <br />~p 23,200 <br />1.95 <br /> <br />* Based on ;p2.00 pOI' acre on 9,600 acri,S equivalunt area recciv.ing <br />a full supply. <br /> <br />C <br />