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<br />.<"'~ <br /><,y.i;!r~', <br />:~.;,'::'/ <br /> <br />Reservoir will be made to the reservoir owners from Fruitland Canal. <br />Minimum flows for fish will be maintained along Soap Creek, Curecanti <br />Creek and Crystal Creek. <br /> <br />proiect Costs (Estimated) <br /> <br />Irrigation <br /> <br />$40,116,000 <br /> <br />Recreation, fish and wildlife <br /> <br />Total Cost <br /> <br />3.098,000 <br />$43,214,000 <br /> <br />Water allocation <br /> <br />Irrigation <br /> <br />57,885 a.f. <br /> <br />Public water supply (Black Canyon National . <br />Monument) <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />15 a.f. <br />57,900 a.f. <br />28,000 a.f. <br />2 to 4 ppm <br />1.23 to 1 <br />0.72 to 1 <br /> <br />Annual depletion of the Colorado River <br /> <br />Annual salinity contribution to Colorado River <br /> <br />Benefit-cost ratio (3 1/4%) <br /> <br />Benefit-cost ratio (5 1/2%) <br /> <br />Environmental Impact <br /> <br />a. Construction of Soap Park Reservoir (Milly K. Goodwin Lake) <br />will create aesthetic improvements on the landscape by access roads, dam <br />construction, and increased human activity that will affect the experience <br />of those persons using the West Elk Wilderness. The Wilderness is adja- <br />cent to the proposed reservoir development. <br /> <br />b. <br />flows will be <br />run from Blue <br /> <br />Water quality of <br />maintained which <br />Mesa Lake. <br /> <br />Soap Creek will be enhanced and minimum <br />may lead to establishing a kokanee salmon <br /> <br />c. The establishment of a m1n1mum pool in Gould Reservoir, <br />where one presently does not exist, will establish a year-round fishery <br />in that reservoir. <br /> <br />-2- <br />