FLOOD10372 ‎(2)‎

• County: El Paso
• Community: Colorado Springs
• Stream Name: Fountain Creek
• Title: Article - Flood control study could get boost
• Date: 6/28/2006
• Prepared For: Public
• Prepared By: Colorado Springs, The Gazette
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

Colorado Springs The Gazette: June 28, 2006 -Page 5m
Circulation: 102,000

Flood control study

could giet boost

The Fountain Creek water-
shed flood control pl'oject
study got a tentative shot in
the arm this week when Sen.
Wayne Allard inserted an allo-
cation of $449,000 into the
2007 Energy and Water Ap-
propria:tionsBill.
. The study, under way fOr
years, will help)dentify areas
~here restoration projects
would be feasible andbeU(!fi-
cia!. The stuely was in dang~l'
of being interrupted without
further funding.
Allard, a Colorado Republi.
i,:an, is a member ofthe Sen.
ate Encl'gY and Water Appro-
priations Subcommittee and
has helped secure more than
$1 million for the Fountain
preek project since 2002. The
}lew allocation advanced by Al-
lard requires congressional ap-
proval.
The Fountain Creek Water-
shed encompasses about 927
square mUes and covers 11 mu-
fiicipalities and parts of three
counties, El Paso, Park and
TeUer.