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<br />iii": .' ':., ~ <br />".;.J....)".. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(Senefit-oost analysis, Initial Development) <br /> <br />Tangible agrioultural benefits that arise fram the change in crop <br />am livestock production caused by the projeot include both the direot <br />benefits aooruing to the farmers who produce the products and the in- <br />direot benefits accruing to handlors of the products and to others who <br />profit financially in some manner from increased production. Changes <br />in net diroct and indirect bonofits have boon estimo.tcd to bo an equit- <br />ablo measure of the bcnofits. <br /> <br />Dotailod computations for diroot and indiroot benofits oxpoetod to <br />accruo from a full supply of supp10montal irrigationwator wero mndo in <br />Appondix E, "Irrigationll and corresponding vuluos for the partial supplo- <br />monta1 supply furnished by tho Initial Dovolopmont woro mado from a curvo <br />inoludod in that appondix. Tho direct bonofits for tho Initiol Dcvolop- <br />mont obtained in this mannor amount to $1,897,000 per year. Although no <br />broakdown of tho $933,000 annuol indiroct bonefi ts is shown in Appondix <br />E, a study of the tc.blos o.nd curvos inoludod thorein indico.tes that <br />approximo.tely $40,000 of this amount would be duo to inoroased 1000.1 pur- <br />chases and sales by farm familios r.nd the bulance of ~893,OOO would bo <br />tho rosu1t of handling and procossing fo.rm commoditios. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The abovo benofits are bcsod on tho convorsion of Arkansas Rivor <br />winter wator to more bonoficio.l uso. olithout thc oonvorsion of this <br />wintor water tho ar~ual direct irrigation bonofits would bo $1,096,000 <br />and the indirect benefits would be ~'633 iOOO. <br /> <br />Powor <br /> <br />Tho powor mnrkot area to bo sorved is the State of Celorado east of <br />the Continontc~ Divido. This is tho eombined pOHer mc.rkot aroo. for tho <br />Colorado~Big Thomp~on projeot a.nd tho potential Blue-South Plo.tto and <br />Gunnison_Arkansas projoots of tho Bureau of Reclama.tion. Invostiga.tions <br />indicate tlu'.t an a.mplo ma.rket .'ou1d exist for tho powor output of tho <br />throo projocts whon thoy uro completed. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It is estima.ted in Appomix F, "PoYlor" that. with no additiona.1 <br />tra.nsbasin divorsion projocts, tho population of the markot area would <br />inoreaso from 927,000 in 1940 to 1,274,000 in 1970 and an oven greater <br />inoroaso would rosult froD tho Gunnison-Arkansas Projeot dovolopr.JOnt. <br />Manufacturing in tho mnrket aroa hAs a. potentially bright futuro, a.s a. <br />doficienoy of manufacturing and procossing ostablishments in tho Stato <br />olroudy oxists. Thore is also 0. dofioioncy of eloctrical gonorating <br />fo.cilitios in tho markot areo. at prosont, and any unprodictablo donnnds <br />that night be crea.tod by 0. na.tiona1 emorgenoy would increa.so tho requiro- <br />monts. In 1911, 13 percent of tho tota.l powor used in the projoot aroa. <br />wes ioportod, and 89 peroont of the pmver producod in the area. was boing <br />gonorated vlith oil, gas, nnd cool. <br /> <br />6 <br />