Abstract |
A study was made which discloses that municipal and industrial water supply needs in the Mad River Basin, the Eureka Plain and the adjacent communities will increase from 81,000 acre-feet in 1970 to 244,000 acre-feet/year by 2070. The benefits of providing for water needs above the capacity of existing water supplies total $18,000,000 and have a present annual equivalent value of $680,000 per year including operation and maintenance costs. Minimum stream flows required for the existing fishery will be adequate to maintain water quality in the Mad River and therefore, storage in the proposed reservoir for stream flow regulation for water quality control is not required. (Author) |