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<br />-:' <br /> <br />- 27 - <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The water supply studies indicate that the rehabilitation of the <br />canal system, the improved management on the fartlUl and on the canal' <br />system will reapportion the present amount of. water delivered to <br />provide needed late season water supply and reduce the average demand <br />of the system. In effect, through improved efficiencies. and a re- <br />duction of canal losses, the project water demand .is reduced from a <br />. present efficiency of 44 percent to a future efficiency of 54 percent.. <br />This savings in water will be primarily an adjustment in time of use, <br />by means of a reduction in demand for earlyspringrunoff~pplica- <br />tions to an increased carry-over into storage for late season crop <br />use in normal years. Some years will have carry-over storage the next <br />year for water resource development by other irrigators, for recrea- <br />tion in the Navajo Recreation Area, or for the Colorado River <br />colllliitments. . .' <br /> <br />An improved water supply and the rehabilitation of the canal <br />system will benefit 114 operators of 12,200 acres of irrigated land <br />served by the Pine River Canal, Company. With the project installed, <br />snadequate water supply will be available for all project irrigated <br />lands. Farm operators do not plan major changes in their cropping <br />systems 'with the project installed, and most of .the benefits will be <br />stabilizing farm incomes at a higher level. Over 95.percent of the <br />farm crops will be utilized locally through feeding and marketing <br />operations. This will help to stabilize the economy of the project <br />area and adjoining areas of Colorado and. New Mexico through more <br />efficient operation, reduced unit costs, and increased net farm <br />family income. <br /> <br />No new land will be brought into agricultural production as a <br />result of this project. <br /> <br />Benefits will accrue to the project from reduced operation .and <br />maintenance costs of the canal system. Frequent patching and <br />continual repair of old structures will be eliminated. Interrup- <br />tion of irrigation service will be eliminated or the risk greatly <br />reduced. Savings in present labor and equipment use by Canal <br />Company personnel on canal structures can be applied to better <br />managemertt in the distribution of water and the servicing of requests. <br /> <br />PROJECT BENEFITS <br /> <br />Total primary floodwater, sediment, and erosion damage reduction <br />resulting from the installation of the project measures are $6,338 <br />annually (Table 6). . They will result from a combination of land <br />treatment and structural measures on private and public lands which are <br />