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METSI CONSULTANTS: SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS FOR PHASE 1 DEVELOPMENT<br />

4.2. DESIGNATION OF SEVERITY RATINGS USED FOR BIOPHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES 18<br />

4.2.1 Individual Component Responses to Specific Flow Releases 18<br />

4.2.2 Ecosystem Responses to Overall Reduced Flow Releases 19<br />

4.3. DESIGNATION OF SEVERITY RATINGS USED FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES 19<br />

4.3.1 Cultural and Subsistence Use of River Resources 19<br />

4.3.2 Public and Animal Health 19<br />

4.4. ONSET AND DURATION OF BIOPHYSICAL IMPACTS 20<br />

4.5. COMPUTATION OF LOSSES AND COSTS 21<br />

4.5.1 Resource Losses 21<br />

4.5.2 Mitigation Costs 22<br />

4.5.3 Compensation Delivery Costs 22<br />

4.6. BENEFITS OF DOWNSTREAM FLOW REDUCTION 23<br />

4.7. SYSTEM YIELD ANALYSES 24<br />

SECTION 5. MINIMUM DEGRADATION SCENARIO 25<br />

5.1. HYDROLOGY 25<br />

5.2. BIOPHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES 25<br />

5.3. SOCIAL IMPACTS 28<br />

5.4. ECONOMIC IMPACTS 28<br />

5.5. WATER YIELD 29<br />

SECTION 6. TREATY SCENARIO 31<br />

6.1. HYDROLOGY 31<br />

6.2. BIOPHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES 32<br />

6.3. SOCIAL IMPACTS 35<br />

6.4. ECONOMIC IMPACTS 36<br />

6.5. WATER YIELD 36<br />

SECTION 7. DESIGN LIMITATION SCENARIO 37<br />

7.1. HYDROLOGY 37<br />

7.2. BIOPHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES 38<br />

7.3. SOCIAL IMPACTS 40<br />

7.4. ECONOMIC IMPACTS 41<br />

7.5. WATER YIELD 41<br />

SECTION 8. FOURTH SCENARIO 43<br />

8.1. HYDROLOGY 43<br />

8.2. BIOPHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES 44<br />

8.3. SOCIAL IMPACTS 45<br />

8.4. ECONOMIC IMPACTS 45<br />

8.5. WATER YIELD 45<br />

Report No 678-F-001 x

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