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<br />FLOOD PROTECTIOU BENEFITS
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<br />B7. GENERAL.- The annual mOlletary benefits creditable to Pueblo
<br />Dam and Reservoir are the sum of the difference betHeen average annual
<br />damages with and without the project ill operation as shown in table 11,
<br />prevention of 10s,;es to ne" development in the flood plain during the
<br />economic life of the project as discussed in paragraphs 88-90, and
<br />reduction or elimination of operation, maintenance, and replacement
<br />costs of existing flood control "arks at Pueblo. A]though important
<br />secondary and incidental benefits would he realized, only the primary
<br />benefi ts have been evaluated to determine the value and feasibi li ty of
<br />flood control storage. Total estimated average annual benefits are
<br />$7~3,700 (June J967 prices) as indicated in table 12.
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<br />TABLE 12. -- Average Annual Honetary Benefits, Pueblo Dam and Reservoir
<br />(June 1967 prices)
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<br /> ExistinG Future
<br /> Item DeveloplTlent Develor:.;nent Total__
<br />Urhan and suburban:
<br />Pueblo! $172,600 0 $172,600
<br />Las Animas' 4.~00 $2,800 7,200
<br />La Junta2 24,400 9,800 34,200
<br />North La Junta 2 29,600 11 , 800 41,400
<br />Subtotal 213,000 24,400 255,400
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<br />Rural:
<br />Transportation facilities 156,100 51,200 207,300
<br />Utilities 8,700 2,800 11, SOD
<br />Crops- H~-, 200 - 97.000 21-1,200,
<br />Farm improvements 14,000 6,000 20,000
<br />Land 6,300 0 6,300
<br />Irrigation facilities 32,000 0 32,000
<br />Subtotal 331,300 157,000 488,300
<br /> TOTAL ~10NETARY $562,300 $181,400 $743,700
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<br />Including Pueblo ~ater Works facilItIes.
<br />2Excluding transportation facilities.
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<br />88. Future economic growth in the flood plain will be largely
<br />dependent upon agriculture. It does not appear there "ill be a sig-
<br />nificant increase in acreage under cultivation over the next 100-year
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