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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8443.600
Description
Narrows Unit - Studies
State
CO
Basin
South Platte
Water Division
1
Date
4/17/1970
Author
John A. Love
Title
Statement of the Honorable John A. Love Governor, State of Colorado Before the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs on H. R. 6715
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />channelization of Bijou Creek into the Narrows Reservoir along an <br /> <br /> <br />ancient channel of the creek. The present channel of the creek <br /> <br /> <br />actually enters the South Platte River below the proposed reservoir <br /> <br /> <br />site. However, the original plans did not contemplate a flood dis- <br /> <br /> <br />charge of such magnitude as occurred in 1965. <br /> <br /> <br />Following the 1965 floods, the Corps of Engineers was <br /> <br /> <br />requested to give the Bijou Basin a high and urgent priority for <br /> <br /> <br />flood control planning. The Bijou portion of the 1965 floods alone <br /> <br /> <br />accounted for the loss of two human lives and damage to property in <br /> <br /> <br />excess of $45 million. The Corps of Engineers has now completed its <br /> <br /> <br />feasibility report on the control of floods originating in the Bijou <br /> <br /> <br />Creek Basin and is recommending the construction of upstream struc- <br /> <br /> <br />tures. <br /> <br />The plan recommended by the Corps would provide a high <br /> <br /> <br />degree of flood control protection for the upstream as well as the <br /> <br /> <br />downstream areas. If the recommended structures had been in place in <br /> <br /> <br />1965, damages from the Bijou flood would have been negligible. The <br /> <br /> <br />proposed plan would give almost complete protection to the communi- <br /> <br /> <br />ties of Byers, Deer Trail and Agate and would protect the major <br /> <br /> <br />highways in the Bijou Creek Basin. The plan is far more desirable <br /> <br /> <br />than the original proposal to channel Bijou Creek into the Narrows <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoir, since the channel proposal would provide no protection for <br /> <br />the upstream areas. The original proposal to channel Bijou Creek <br /> <br />-10- <br />
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