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Estimated Costs Construction costs (January, 1976 prices) Soap Park Dam and Milly K. Goodwin Lake Crystal Creek Diversion Dam Curecanti Creek Diversion Dam Black Mesa Conduit Fruitland Canal Gould Canal structures improvement Laterals Drains Transmission lines Permanent operating facilities Operation and maintenance building - Soap Park Dam Public land disposition Access roads to public lands Recreation facilities Specific fish and wildlife facilities Service facilities (depreciation and salvage) Total cost Annual operation, maintenance and replacement costs Blc Ratio (3 1/4%) Local Interest $23,000,000 670,000 200,000 42,700,000 7,550,000 610,000 2,300,000 525,000 270,000 440,000 80,000 300,000 625,000 670,000 4,300,000 -40.000 $84, 200 ,000 $154,000 Direct .52:1 .87:1 Total State and local interests are actively encouraging construction of the project. The Fruitland Mesa Water Conservancy District was orga- nized in 1960 to be the administrative and contractual agency for the reclamation features of the project. The state of Colorado, through the Colorado Water Conservation Board, supplied $14,000 to the Bureau of Reclamation to aid in the investigations. The Colorado River Water Conservation District has assisted in the investigations and has secured the necessary water rights for the project. Conclusions and Recommendations This section of Colorado is semi-arid and is presently undergoing a general decline in population due to the undependable and inadequate water supply (approximately 25% of optimum through existing facilities over the past 25 years). The area has been designated a depressed area -4-