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<br />Cost of the Project
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<br />The cost of the project in rOlmdeu figures v(Quld be':
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<br />Field investigations ................. D.......... .... ........ ............ ~i
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<br />Cost or Lemon Dam ",.,...........,..,.........,
<br />Total cost of proj ect .................. ~ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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<br />15,000
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<br />..- 6ee' 000
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<br />Annual Cost
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<br />Annual project cost .-fould include repaynwnt of construction
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<br />cost, as well as the axpense of opercc tion <,cnd mccintenccllc8, ",nei of dis-
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<br />trict operation. If construction clli.,rges \lore repc.id in 40 equal ann1.l.3.1
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<br />installmunts as tho present F:.eclaITk'ltio;l Law pormits, the annual cost would
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<br />be:
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<br />Repaymont of construction cost
<br />2.5% of $1,657,000 .............. _.........
<br />Reservoir m:tintenancc and operation..................
<br />District expense, legal, mi;;linistl'ation, etc.
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<br />$41, /+00
<br />3,000
<br />1.000
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<br />~p45 , 400
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<br />Tot~l Annlli~l Cost unct Expense ...
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<br />Tho QVOr1cge annual yield of th,_, reservoir \lOuld [)U 11,800 acre-
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<br />feet. Usable return floV! r'3sulting from th," use of stor2ci wuter woulci in-
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<br />croase tho supplemental 3upply to fully 15,500 acre-foet, mc;king an annual
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<br />cost of ~~2.93 per .:,cre-foot of divertible \/ater. Lith an ostimated Qverage
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<br />canal loss and waste of 30% on this water, the cost of 10,900 ucre-fGet of
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<br />supplomonto.l wo.ter delivered o.t the farr.i would bv;j!i..l9 pel' 'lcre-foot, or
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<br />:~'..L38 per acre for each four-inch irrigation.
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<br />For the project area of 20,000 acres to receive tJUpplemental Wll-
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<br />tel', the average annual proj GCt. cost Viould be ~,;2. 27 per acre, While the
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<br />. need for Gupp18mental water Vlould be rel,,,tively uniform for the area as
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<br />n. whole, a small part of thE, area 'l.rou1d.. prob,cbly bo found entitled to 0.
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<br />reduction by reason of holding relatively early water rights, The charge
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<br />for most of the: projoct i).rOil would then b0 :,pprOXillh'l.tely ~2,50 per Qcre
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<br />.... per year.
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