Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 4 Newsletter 1985 Fall, page 4 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 4 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; values measures have been taken to mitigate losses that would have otherwise occured occurred with project development measurement of recreation benefits is ordinarily obtained from the national park service or bureau of outdoor recreation such benefits comprise expansion of cultural opportunities through increases in facilities for outdoor leisure activities such as sightseeing picnic ing swimming boating camping hiking horseback riding summer and winter sports and for summer homes resorts and organized camps such activities may be enhanced when a project creates newrecrea new recreational usefulness to existing recreational areas the direct benefits are measured by applying unit value to the difference in average annual attendance of visitors to such areas without the project recreation areas have been planned for all major bonneville unit storage facilities including utah lake since some of the reservoirs are located either partially or completely within the national forest the national park service and the forest service have cooperated in estimating costs and benefits measurement of flood control benefits are ordinarily obtained from the corps of engineers direct flood benefits are reductions in losses to land and other private and public property and increases in net income from more intensive or changed use of property due to reductions in added costs or in losses of production due to interruptions of business industry commerce traffic v r communications and other activities both within and outside the area subject to flooding and the cost of emergency activities such as flood fight fighting irig and the care of flood victims intangibleflood intangible flood benefits include prevention of loss of human life enhancement of the general welfare and security of the people improvement of sanitation and protection against epidemics water quality control benefits include the prevention or abatement of water pollution from disease bearing bacteria organic wastes industrial chemicals and natural salinity or sediment the benefits result from reservoir storage and releases of water for pollution abatement or for other purposes the are measured by savings in the cost of existing or necessary future water treatment reductions in the cost of other me means ans of pollution abatement and increases in the value of water due to improved quality for particular specified uses benefits may include the prevention of epidemics by reducing the incidence of disease bearing insects elimination of other nuisance conditions and health hazards and improvement of ecological conditions in the aquatic environment for aesthetic and other purposes CUWCD NET NEOSCET netfeh peh reh ren pek fEh yen CUP good grade in price comparison there have been statements recently published by project opponents which are calculated to leave the impression that the costs of the bonneville unit of the central utah project are out of control this simply is not the case opponents have been successful in delaying construction of the project during a period when inflation has been high this has increased the cost however the increases in project costs have not been disproportionate to increased costs in the economic community in general if the opponents sincerely believe that the USBR can build aqueducts and reservoirs in 1984 at 1964 prices they are naive if they are intending to suggest that project costs have increased disproportionately to the economy they are deceptive in 1964 when the definite plan report was prepared and thereafter when the repayment contract was executed it was anticipated that the total project cost would not exceed 3248 324.8 3248 million of which 130.6 1306 million was reimbursable to be paid to the federal government through district taxes and water sales the costs allocated to flood control public recreation stream stabilization etc were considered to be of general public benefit and were not reimbursable the construction costs allocated to project hydroelectric power facilities are to be |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1317 |
