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1',-:$) .~<~,:p 'U"'~ 4 of flood damage was prevented during Fiscal Year 1963. The Nation will remain vulnerable to severe flood damages from major floods until an adequate degree of protection is acheived. This goal may be reached through orderly prosecution of existing flood control plans, expanded to meet economic development taking place in flood plains. The results from operating f100d- control projects prove that much of the flood damage now experienced can be economically prevented. The position of hydroelectric power development in the program has grown with the increasing needs of the Nation for electric energy, and the expanding Federal interest in its development and use. The construction of reservoirs has afforded wide possibilities for the development of waterpower. Hydroelectric power production at Corps projects in operation during Fiscal Year 1963 amounted to 30 billion net kilowatt-hours of electric energy. This represents about 21.5 percent of the hydroelectric power production, and about four percent of the total electric production, from all public and private electrical generating plants in the Nation. The Corps of Engineers is presently operating about 1.6 million acre-feet of water supply storage space in 23 reservoirs, which supplements the water supplies for over 2 million people in 67 towns, cities, and rural areas. It is estimated that a dependable supply in excess of 1,200 million gallons per day is available from water supply storage space now in operation. There is presently about 4 million acre-feet of water supply storage space under construction in 24 reservoir projects. Conservation releases and re leases from hydropower generation improved the quantity and quality of downstream flows, benefiting water supplies, recreation, and fish and wildlife.