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<br />. <br /> <br />to,) <br />CJ' <br />1\;, <br />Ul <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />Estimated cost of proposed purchase of <br />120 acres of private land <br />@ $600/acre. . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . $ 72,000 <br /> <br />(5) Management <br /> <br />BLM Engineering and Design Costs. <br /> <br />Land Appra i sa 1 . <br /> <br />(3) Power Line <br /> <br />Construct 4.5 miles of single phase power <br />line to pumping site @ $10,000/mi1e. <br /> <br />Two-phase converter . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />(4) Land <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />4 . . . " . . <br /> <br />Preparation of Environmental Statement. <br /> <br />BLM supervision of construction . . . . <br />b. Annual Recurring Costs (Operation and Maintenance) <br />Electric power (53,243 KWH/year) . . . . . <br />Repair of pond dikes (including material). <br /> <br />Overhead and maintenance personnel costs <br /> <br />. . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />$ 253,629 <br /> <br />Cost-Effectiveness: <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />$ 45,000 <br />$ 1,600 <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />$ 140,000 <br />$ 10 ,000 <br />$ 328,000 <br />$ 18,000 <br /> <br />$ 2,460 <br />$ 10 ,000 <br />$ 12,000 <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />. <br />, <br />, <br />t <br />)1 <br />s <br />-)' <br />1 <br />, <br />J <br />"1-. <br />~ <br /> <br />$ 253,629 per year = $ 228,494 per mg/l per year <br />1.11 mg/1 reduction <br /> <br />Incremental Economic Benefits. . . . , . $ 425,000 per mg/1 <br />per year <br /> <br />Total Annual Benefits: <br /> <br />$ 425,000 x 1.11 mg/l = $ 471,750 <br /> <br />Alternative ways of reducing salinity were examined to identify which <br />alternative would yield the greatest effectiveness (i.e., mg/l of salt <br />per dollar cost) versus the cost of reduction. The cost-effectiveness <br />of this project is most favorable when compared with the incremental <br />economic benefits of the other alternatives. <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />