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<br />00D974 <br /> <br />additional water can benefit the area economy through increased <br /> <br />crop production and stabilization, hydroelectric generation, <br />improved water quality, and reduction of costs for municipal and <br /> <br />industrial water developments. <br /> <br />Application Analysis--Water Usage and Relative Value <br /> <br />A water resource development program for meeting water demands <br /> <br />of the year 1980 was outlined by the Senate Select Committee, par- <br />ticularly in Committee Print No. 32. The minimum annual develop- <br />ment cost of this program, which did not consider atmospheric <br /> <br /> <br />resources, was estimated at $2.4 billion. Figure 8 illustrates <br /> <br />the annual cost distribution of this development program. This <br /> <br />cost represents a complex function of water supply and usage, and <br /> <br />relates the value and benefit of water to the need for future water <br /> <br />resource management activities. <br /> <br />This part of the program will introduce a consideration of the <br /> <br />atmospheric potentials into the cost-benefit-need relationship <br /> <br />of future water developments. Emphasis will be placed on the <br />development of early capability where needs are great and where <br /> <br />need indications will identify subregions where development costs <br /> <br /> <br />water resource development costs are high. Detailed studies and <br /> <br />are higher than the broad regional amount. <br /> <br />Developing the ability to prepare and identify comparable cost- <br /> <br />yield-effectiveness-benefit data is a key item in the beneficial <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />.." - <br />~'..::::~?::)~~X-;: <br />