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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
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Report/Study
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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ove~ fifty percent of the space in the proposed Narrows <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoir is allocated to flood control. I doubt that I can ade- <br /> <br /> <br />quately express the urgent need for this flood control protection. <br /> <br /> <br />I have previously mentioned that there were serious flood damages <br /> <br /> <br />along the South Platte River and its tributaries last year, some <br /> <br /> <br />of which could have been prevented had the Narrows Dam been opera- <br /> <br /> <br />tional. Actual damages in the South Platte Basin last year exceeded <br /> <br /> <br />$20 million. There is a strong possibility that additional flood <br /> <br /> <br />damages will occur this year because of our high mountain snow pack. <br /> <br /> <br />Members of the committee are already well versed in the <br /> <br /> <br />details of the tragic floods which occurred in Colorado during the <br /> <br /> <br />summer of 1965. In the terms of the loss of human life and the <br /> <br /> <br />destruction of property, the magnitude of these floods was beyond <br /> <br /> <br />anything previously experienced during the known history of our <br /> <br /> <br />state. Within a period of three days, floods which originated in <br /> <br /> <br />eastern Colorado caused damages which greatly exceeded the cost of <br /> <br />all flood control structures heretofore constructed within our state <br /> <br />or which are planned for the foreseeable future. Since 1965, flood <br /> <br />control planning in Colorado has proceeded at a feverish pace with <br /> <br />the considerable assistance of the Corps of Engineers and other <br /> <br /> <br />federal agencies. The Narrows Dam is an integral part of the <br /> <br /> <br />control structures necessary to prevent future flood destruction. <br /> <br /> <br />The Narrows unit, as originally authorized in 1946, provided for the <br /> <br />-9- <br /> <br />~ <br />
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