Bureau of Reclamation Appendix to Pacific Southwest Water Plan

Document: Bureau of Reclamation Appendix to Pacific Southwest Water Plan "Plan 3", August 1963 page 2incremental capital cost of facilities for conveying this additional water to southern California at $368,000,000. Savings of approximately $50,000,000 are estimated if the incremental capacity could be incorporated with the Federal-State system through the San Luis area. The estimated total capital cost for this prospective plan, including storage reservoir systems and incremental conveyance to southern California through the California Aqueduct, is $905,000,000. The net annual OM&R and pumping costs are $19,840,000. Under this proposal, the additional 1,200,000 acre-feet of water would be stored and conveyed to southern California at an estimated average annual equivalent cost of $50.68 per acre-foot, including interest at 3 percent and amortization of the facilities in 50 years. The average annual acre-foot cost given is computed by using incremental costs of enlargement of part of the California Aqueduct. Appropriate allocation of costs between the California Aqueduct and the proposed incremental enlargement under this plan may reflect some increase in this acre-foot value. The reservoir storage systems and related diversions to Sacramento River proposed under this plan should be authorized for construction and operation by the Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Pacific Southwest Water Plan, even though they will be integrated closely with existing and proposed features of the Federal Central Valley Project. 2Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 2,373,209 byte