Economic Significance of Water Supply

Attachment No. 2, Lower Colorado River Basin Project, Economic Significance of Water Supply for Homes, Industry, Agriculture, page 16SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN PORTION OF U.S. PROUDUCTION FRUITS: Dates 100% Avocados 76 Lemons 82 Oranges 19 Grapefruit 8 FRESH WINTER VEGETABLES: Lettuce 95% Celery 75 Cantaloupes 70 Sweet Corn 52 Carrots 50 Cauliflower 44 SUPPORTED CROPS: Cotton 7% Barley 5 Grain Sorghum 3 Wheat .2 Oats .05 Fleld Corn .01 Soybeans 0 Peanuts 0 Tobacco 0 ONLY .7% OF U.S. CROPLAND HARVESTED BUT 4.4% OF U.S. VALUE OF ALL CROPSEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 1,150,420 byte