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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 />