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003151 . CRAFTER I SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS While the Paradox Salinity Control Project is within the San Juan study area, its principal benefit would accrue to downstream users of Colorado River water. ,lith salinity control becoming iIKreasingly im- pDrtant, further attention to this project may be expected. An econDmic- ally justified plan that would reduce the salt inflow from ParadDx Valley into the DolDres River is highly desirable and will be pursued in coopera- tive studies with the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. The availability Df water for pDtential water-consuming projects is a matter of special concern in the Upper ColDradD River Basin. NDt Dnly must water be available at the development site but the resulting deple- tions must be within the allowances made to the affected State by the Upper Colorado River Compact. Utah presently has unused water in the Upper CDlorado River Basin that cDuld be used tD develop the mDre attrac- tive projects outlined in this report if the State of Utah elects tD (J.ed- icate water to these projects. Economic ProjectiDns . The resources and development pDtentials of the San Juan Area indi- cate that the greatest future economic developments will be in the fields of recreatiDn and mining, including Dil and gas productiDn. An estimate of future recreational progress can be based on visible resources. The future Df mineral extraction is dependent largely on indicated, but as yet undiscovered, underground deposits. Agriculture, limited mainly by a lack Df irrigatiDn water, shDuld show some increase in prDductiDn, although probably accompanied by a con- tinuing decrease in farm employment. The trend toward increasing govern- ment employment is expected to continue. It will be sustained by planned improvements on the extensive land areas in Federal Dwnership or within the Navajo Indian Reservation and by imprDvements and extensiDns of the road network. Advancement in the trades, service industries, and miscel- laneDus economic pursuits will no dDubt keep pace with progress in the basic industries and recreation and will benefit from the natiDnal trend toward greater needs and uses per person. Agriculture . ConstructiDn of the more favorable potential irrigatiDn prDjects would provide supplemental water to some lands now irrigated and a full water supply for Dther lands. These proj ects and other farm improvement and farm management programs, if carried Dut, will increase agricultural prDduction. MDre livestock feeds will be grown to supplement range graz- ing. This will permit stabilizatiDn and SDme expansion of livestDck farm- ing, the principal agricultural pursuit. The trend fDr farms tD increase in size and decrease in number will likely continue. Agricultural E'm- ploymE'nt, which dropped from 2,200 in 1940 to 500 in 1965, will likely 6