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<br />APPENDIX A <br /> <br />~. <br />~, <br />k <br /> <br />PROJECT AREA NEEDS- - <br /> <br />21 <br />~ <br />c. <br />, <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />The project service area has for many years been characterized by <br />high unemployment and depressed incomes. The agricultural area <br />consists of irrigated farms which have less than half the water sup- <br />ply.. needed. for o.ption crop production and so ca lled "dry" farms <br />which are entirely dependent upon the meager precipitation of the <br />arid area. Many inhabitants of the rural areas must resort to <br />hauling their domestic water from distant sources. <br /> <br />To the south of the project on the Navajo Indian Reservation seven <br />new gasification plants are scheduled to be built by WESCO and El <br />Paso Companies during the next ten years. San Juan County, New Mexico <br />population is expected to double during this period, increasing from <br />about 50 to 100 thousand people. Adequate water has been reserved <br />from the existing Navajo Reservoir for the gasification plants, but <br />no provisions have been made for the domestic and municipal needs of <br />the potential new people. <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />>,;, <br /> <br />f.. <br /> <br />Unemployment among the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Indian Tribes <br />is extremely acute. However, these Tribes have substantial land and <br />coal resources in the project service area that needs only a catalysis <br />in the form of a firm water supply to stimulate economic development. <br /> <br /> <br />Durango, located in the Colorado portion of the project, is highly <br />tourist and recreation oriented. It now has serious seasonal fl~ctu- <br />at ions in its economy and is in need of a more stable year around <br />economic base. <br /> <br />"'i'. <br /> <br />';," <br />.,.~ . <br />~'-5;; I <br />;i~ <br />,. <br /> <br />-"~ <br /> <br />PROJECT OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />The Animas-La Plata Project has been formulated as a multiple purpose <br />water resource development that could meet the needs. described above. <br />It would provide a municipal water supply for Durango, Colorado and <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />-5- <br />