Illustration of Actual Economic Impact of 3:1 Mitigation Policy  on New Construction in the Borrego Valley

  Prepared 4/3/2005
If:
Acre feet of water applied per year to 1 acre   of citrus 6.00 BWD Groundwater Management Plan, 09/25/02, p. 39
Acre feet of water used per year by average   household 0.50 Widely accepted value
Mitigation multiplier 3.00 BWD draft Policy on New Development, p. 2
Price per acre of agricultural land $10,000.00 Estimate
Average cost of new home $300,000.00 Estimate
Then:
Each acre of citrus = 12 dwelling units (dus)
Each acre of citrus mitigates 4
dus
Mitigation cost per du $2,500.00
or
of average cost of new home
0.83%
Therefore:
A 10 home project would require 2.50 acres of citrus to be fallowed
A 100 home project would require 25.00 acres of citrus to be fallowed
A 160 home project would require 40.00 acres of citrus to be fallowed
A 300 home project would require 75.00 acres of citrus to be fallowed
A 400 home project would require 100.00 acres of citrus to be fallowed

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