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Show Municipal and Industrial Water Projects presently under construction or authorized for construc- tion supply most of the municipal and industrial water in the early action program and will provide 446,000 acre-feet of water by 1980. These projects will provide water for municipal and industrial uses to the major population centers of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, and the less populated area of Washington County, Utah, Two of the projects are multipurpose in scope and one, the Southern Nevada Water Project, meets only municipal and industrial needs. Desalting facilities, included in the early action program to treat brackish water for 8 municipalities, would have a total capacity of 18 million gallons per day to supplement present supplies. Other communi- ties are expected to meet most of their water needs through 1980 by continued development of ground-water resources. Recreation The single-purpose recreation program is essentially one of land acquisition, facility development, and operation, maintenance, and replacement. By the year 198O> about $194 million for development and acquisition will be required to meet total recreation needs of 51 mil- lion recreation days. Water-based recreation needs will total 43 million recreation days by 198O and would cost over $173 million for development and acquisition. Within existing legal, institutional, physical, and financial con- straints, only 35 percent of the needs can be met to satisfy projected recreation needs. Non-Federal entities will have to expand their efforts by two or three times, and Federal involvement, both direct and indirect, will have to be expanded. Urban-oriented recreation developments will particularly need Federal assistance since they account for over 65 per- cent of the total recreation costs. Water-based recreation needs can be partially met by facility development and access acquisition at existing lakes and reservoirs in the areas of need. Multipurpose water development programs previously outlined would provide recreation opportunity. Other means of meeting water-ba.sed recreation needs include canalside parks, projects using reclaimed water, and single-purpose recreation reservoirs. Fish and Wildlife The multipurpose developments expected to be constructed by 198O, including the Alamo, Dixie, and Central Arizona Projects, have the pro- jected potential to provide about 1.2 million man-days of fishing annually, |
