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<br />~'~'!i~~~rriGo.tion stO. o.ggrego.tinG 813,000 e.cre-feet.ith 0.11 o.clclitional <br />3,162,000 ~cre~feet Gur-nnrked for joint~use stor~e. Here, Qscin, the fi~i1res <br /> <br />do not include General irrigation provision Lnde in n nunber of the la~ge <br /> <br />nultiple-puy}ose structu~es such o.s Go.rrison o.nd Oo.he D~~s on the Missouri River. <br /> <br />Still o.nother breeJcdo,m ShOl{S tho.t conservation 11.Ylrl power relet:\ses frofl <br /> <br />eiGhtecm of the Corlos <lens in the region totalled 8,300,000 o.cre-feet i,l fisco.l <br />yef!.r 1957. This o.uGflented lO1f streo.tl flmls nnd thus inprovecl I'Tnter su;rJly for <br /> <br />towns, cities :'.ncl cOfmunities "Thich tclte their 1;'lc.tcr SU:Jl)l~y froil rivers or <br /> <br />stre~~s. Of this toto.l, 3,200,000 ncre-feet wt:\s nttributod to the lto.in stell <br /> <br />Missouri River reservoirs. <br /> <br />A bnsic responsibility of the COY~S in its river control proGrnns is, of <br /> <br />course, the :)revention of floocl destruction. I think it is significo.nt tu note <br /> <br />that the :projects alreo.c1y built in the .'fcstern sto.tes hrtc1. preventcc1.. an cstir.la.ted <br /> <br /> <br />:)1,228) 000,000 of flooce c'o.nc[;es throuch June, 1957. This c,pl,Hed to 15 of the. <br /> <br /> <br />17 states. For' fiscc.l yenr 1~S7 the estinntect. flood Qc..r:l'J.gc :prevented 'i'TO..S <br /> <br />$15'1,000,000. <br /> <br />No.,vi~c,tion benefits C':.re 8.nother aspect of our reservoir construction on <br /> <br />the nnjor rivers. This is ~~rticul~rly true of the Missuuri Bnsin 1~lere t~e <br /> <br />uev81o~Dent of nil nuthorizeQ 9-foot ~~vi~ation ~roject In the Missouri frou <br /> <br />Si;;ux City" I01fD.., to the oouth, 'is depenC-ent upon reservoir releases as vrell <br /> <br />f'..S charmel control 1ilorks. This is nn open 1f2.ter naviGation development with- <br /> <br />out locks ~nc dams in the n2viGation reach. <br /> <br />Not to be overlooked in o.ny discussion of reservoir v~lues is the ?ublic <br /> <br />recreation~l ~spect. In this reGQrd I must preface my remarks with the franl~ <br /> <br />~dmission that we of the COY~sJ in the Missouri Basin at least, wero too con- <br /> <br />servc..tive in our c.<Ivance estimrltes of the number of peoJ.?le lrho "lould be c..ttruct- <br /> <br />ed by them for relQ~~tion ~nQ enjoyr~ent. <br /> <br />In co.J.encl.c'r yec-r 1957, c,n estimo.ted. 43 million lJeo~le visitccl COl'1.Js of <br />EnGineers reservoirs in the 17 vrestern states. This is the equivalent of fl..lD.c)st <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />