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<br /> Peak flows - c.f.s.: Floodwater <br /> Project stored <br /> : Inflow Outflow (ac-i't ) - <br />1. Vallecito Reservoir 12,000 300 18,200 <br />2. Navajo Reservoir 21,000 100 46,600 <br />3. Lemon Reservoir 3,100 60 5,400 <br /> <br />27. The effective regulation of flows resulting from storage of <br />floodwater during the September 1970 flood period provided incidental <br />flood control benefits shown in the following tabulation: <br /> <br />Project <br /> <br />Estimated flood <br />damage prevented <br />(a) <br /> <br />$ 127,000 <br />60,000 <br />100,000 (b) <br />8,000 <br />120,OOQ <br /> <br />Blue Mesa Reservoir <br />Lemon Reservoir <br />Navajo Reservoir <br />Taylor Park Reservoir <br />Vallecito Reservoir <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />. <br />$ 415,000 <br /> <br /> <br />(a) Bureau of Reclamation estimate. <br />(b) Corps of Engineers estimate. <br /> <br />28. Numerous other flood control projects, both public and private, <br />prevented flood damages throughout the Upper Colorado River Basin; <br />however, they are mostly minor in extent and no effort was made to <br />measure their overall effect. <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />24 <br />