APPENDIX C 



Capital Cost and Financing 



Capital cost or cost of plant, equipment, dams, and piping can be most 

 elusive. Capital costs were developed for water-supply treatment plants and 

 waste-water treatment plants, based on size as measured in human population 

 equivalents. With the river basin taken as a whole, the possibility of joint com- 

 munity with community and with industry was desirable for minimizing cost and 

 meeting river-water classification standards. The exact amount of combined 

 activity possible is determined by topography in the area and distance between 

 economic units. 



Also, water-treatment plants with piping are already found in the basin. 

 These plants would influence the decision arrived at by residents of the river 

 basin and may involve non-monetary consideration. Another item that would 

 influence decision regarding capital items would be the scheduling of construc- 

 tion. Financing arrangements for funding plant construction are borne by 

 federal, state, and local goverrmient units. The cost to local residents of waste- 

 water treatment plants can be reduced, through regional planning, from 10 

 percent of total cost to 5 percent. Federal funding also is subject to a variety of 

 considerations. 



These capital and financing costs were not considered in much detail because 

 they would have httle meaning as developed and would involve cost estimates 

 for a large number of alternative combinations. Estimates of costs of water- 

 treatment plants, piping, and equipment for most towns are available from one 

 or more sources. The omission of capital cost and financing was based on these 

 reasons and not because they are unimportant. 



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