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<br />4~ Population Growth and Decline "..",.""..,..,."..,.'.,...".., 4-4
<br />4.6 Age of the Population "..""",.""",....".".,"'".."..,. 4-6
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<br />4.7 Dependency Ratio , . . . . . , , . . , , . . , , . . , , , . . . , , , , . . . , , , , , , , , . , , . , " 4-8
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<br />4.8 Income .,....".....".""..".",.".""..,""'"...,.". 4-10
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<br />4,9 Education .,.,..,..",..".."...,....,."..".,..,'.."..,... 4-11
<br />4.10 Mobility and Length of Residence, . . . . , . , . , , , . . . . , . , . . . , . , , , . . , . . . , 4-13
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<br />4,11 Ethnicity "...."......,."..".,.",.......,.,""',..".," 4-13
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<br />4.12 Poverty ",.."......"...,.."..".....,....,""'",.".," 4-15
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<br />4,13 Crop Production ......,..".."..".....,..,.","".."...,., 4-15
<br />4.14 Farming and Ranching Profiles by County. . . , . , . . . . , , , . . . . , . . , . . . . . . , 4-17
<br />4.15 Agribusiness and Other Economic Activities. . . . , , , , . . . . , . , , , . . . . , . . . , 4-19
<br />4.16 Labor Force and Employment Trends . . , . . . , , . . . . . , . . , , , . . . , . , , . . . , . 4-26
<br />4.17 Public Sector Finance .."...".",...".......,....,'..,...,.., 4-31
<br />4.18 Summary of Present Economic Profile ..,.,....,..,..,."'.,......,, 4-36
<br />4,19 Sociological Baseline and Current Trends .....,....."""',..,,..... 4-38
<br />4.20 Summary of Present Sociological Profile ..",.......,..,."""....., 4-39
<br />4.21 Sociological Forecast Based on Existing Trends , . , . , , , . . , , , , , , , . . , , . , . . 4-40
<br />4.22 The Potential Social Impacts of Additional Water Transfers ...,..,....... 4..40
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<br />CHAPTER 5
<br />DEMAND FOR FT. LYON CANAL COMPANY WATER ......',....,...,....., 5-1
<br />5.1 Municipal Demand Outside the Lower Arkansas VaHey ....,.".......". 5-1
<br />5.2 Municipal Use of Water Within the Lower Arkansas VaHey ,..,'...,...... 5-2
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<br />5.3 AgriCllIturaI Demands ..,...."..,..."........,....,.",........ 5..2
<br />5.4 Recreational Demand for Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , . .. 5..3
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<br />5.5 Summary . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . .. 5-4
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<br />CHAPTER 6
<br />ALTERNATIVES TO PERMANENT WATER TRANSFER OUT OF THE VAlLEY... 6-1
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<br />6.1 Introduction ............,.............,........."."......... 6-1
<br />6.2 Alternative Evaluation ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , , , . . , . . . , , . . . . " 6..2
<br />6.3 Legal Issues in Alternative Assessment , . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . .. 6-3
<br />6.4 Possible Social Impacts: Changes in Quality of Life "...,.,..,........,. 6-6
<br />6.5 Formulation of Alternative Proposals ,...........,.,...".,...,..... 6..7
<br />6,6 Water Bank: Mechanism for Temporary Transfers ,....,........,...... 6-10
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<br />6.7 First-Use Agreements .....,...,...,....",...."...,..".....,.. 6..13
<br />6.8 Water Rights Option Agreements. . . . , . . , , . . . . . , . . . . , , . . , , . . . , . . . , . . 6-13
<br />6.9 Ft, Lyon System Water Management Improvements ...',...""...,..... 6-15
<br />6.10 Summary Descriptions of Alternatives. . . . , . . . . . , . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . 6-16
<br />6,11 Mitigation of Economic Impacts: Economic Development Packages .. , . . , . . . 6-38
<br />6.12 Mitigation of Land Dryup: Revegetation . . , . . . . , , , . . . , . , , . . . , , . . . . , , . 6..40
<br />6.13 Land Fallowing: Some Important Considerations. . . . , . , . . . , , , , . . . . . , . . , 6-41
<br />6.14 Augmentation Planning and Return Flow Accounting ....",...,........ 6..43
<br />6.15 Wetland and Habitat Replacement ........,..... , . , . . . , . , , . . . , . . . . , 6-43
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