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<br />" <br /> <br />:. <br />' , <br /> <br />{, ' <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />....- <br />,. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />, ' <br /> <br />'., <br /> <br />.' <br />. ....- <br />. ~::'. <br />..:. .;-~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />0,' <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />-. <br />r <br /> <br />,.- <br />., <br /> <br />'..' <br /> <br />..,'. <br /> <br />. <br />'.---'. <br /> <br />. -...-... ......_-.-....-. <br /> <br />'. - . - <br />"- --------::-::. <br /> <br />.- -' .~. .... <br />--. ~ - .~------ <br /> <br />j, <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~7 <br /> <br />..,1 '!larrows Unit <br />(Bureau of Recla~ation, Colorado) <br />- <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Project descrintion: <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Earth!ill dam on South Platte River to provide supplemental <br />irrigation water to 287,000 acres. <br /> <br />. , <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />MaJor benefits claimed: <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />Il"1'ie;at1on <br />Recreation <br /> <br />56~ <br />35% <br /> <br />"Benent/~ ratios: <br /> <br />Re~inin& costs and benefits e cu-~cnt rate (6 3/8%): 0.9, <br />Total e authorized rate (3 l/~~): l.~ <br /> <br />Financial ~: <br /> <br />(in m:l.llions) <br /> <br />Total estimated Federal cost: $ <br />Allocated to date: <br />Estimated local sh~e: <br />Allocated to date: <br /> <br />1~5.7 <br />605 <br />.01 <br />..01 <br /> <br />~otal project is 5~ co~lete. <br />Construction ~s 4~ co~lete. <br />Zrrigation investmeo" per acre: $291 <br /> <br />'Pactors in dec~sic~: <br /> <br />r. <br />Reservoir would dislocate 642 people,and their cor.~~~itJ' <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Water que11:y problems in reservoir ci~~t r.egate.rec~e~- <br />tion benefits. <br /> <br />o 'Safety/seep~ge issues 're~ain unresolved; the ~1&~t <br />abutcent of the~d~ is located on sind~2nd &ravel. <br /> <br />;' <br /> <br />'Over'~O historical and archaeological sites would be <br />destroyed. <br /> <br />',0 <br /> <br />. .." <br />. ".' <br /> <br />'. <br />. "0 <br /> <br />., . <br /> <br />'15.000 ,acres'of agricultural and wildlife lands wc~d <br />be regularly 1nu~d~tec by the reservoir; 15 miles of <br />rree-flowin~ river would ,be lost. <br /> <br />~. ~~ood,control benefits are questionable. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />',' <br /> <br />President's reco~~~ncat~~n: <br /> <br />Delete funding pe~c~n; rs-~valuat1on of p~ojectJ 1ncluGl~S ~t~dy <br />of the alternatise ::~ .a .i;!"'Ju::;,j:la.-:e:- recha.:-ge sY5~e:l.) c.,~t~.:'- <br />minat1on,of th~ effects cf t~e project en the ?lac';e ?:.1'/cr' <br />system, resolu:1on of \'ls-:er qu.:.lity 1S5t:.es J resol!.1t:!.on of t.~.e <br />safety 2.~d seepaGe c:;.ue.5t1c:ls.. =.nd re-evaluat:'1c:1 of the cl2.:!.=~c <br />flood contrel benefits. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />..l!l:lre <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />-' <br /> <br />" <br />