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<br />, } <br />'i'.,-.":,', <br />,', , .,.,~ :'; <br />\~t\~~ <br /> <br />/::~.,:, <br />~;'i/; -'~..." <br />'0~,' <br /> <br />property and $192,500 from the sale of project irrigation water. This <br />would result in a charge to the water user of about $3.50 for each acre- <br />foot of new project water purchased. The charge would include $1.10 <br />per acre-foot for district operation and maintenance costs and $2.40 <br />for repayment of project construction costs. This per acre-foot cost <br />compares with $2.75 on the Paonia project, $3.05 on Smith Fork, $2.76 <br />on Collbran. and $2.85 on Silt. <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Prime Herford cattle on pasture in the project area <br /> <br />WHAT IS NECESSARY TO START THE PROJECT <br /> <br />CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION. The Bureau of Reclamation <br />must complete the investigation of economic feasibility of the project <br />now in progress and then prepare a report. The report will be the basis <br />of authorization by Congress. Target date for completion of the reporl <br />is 1967. After the Bureau finishes the report, it must be submitted to <br />other federal agencies interested in water and resources development. <br />other states of the Colorado Rivr Basin, the Colorado Water Conserva- <br />tion Board and the Grand Mesa Water Conservancy District. There <br />are usually two reviews, the first a field survey to uncover any proposals <br />which may meet objections, and the second the formal check after which <br />official comments are made. After the report goes through all the re- <br />view procedures, legislation will be introduced into Congress to authorize <br />the project. <br /> <br />WATER EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS. Key to the plan is moving water <br />now used to irrigate lower project lands under senior rights to farms and <br />ranches in the upper project area. New water to be developed by the <br />