FLOOD04311

• County: Pueblo
• Community: Pueblo
• Stream Name: Fountain Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Pueblo Fountain Creek Flood Control Community File
• Date: 1/1/2001
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Community File

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS
WASHINGTON. ~.c. 20314

REPLY TO
A~ION OF:

DAEN-CWP-A

23 December 1981

SUBJECT: Fountain Creek, Pueblo, Colorado - Phase I General
Design Memorandum

THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

1. I submit for transmission to Congress my report on Fountain Creek,
Pueblo, Colorado. It is accompanied by the reports of the Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and the District and Division Engineers.
These reports are in response to Section l(a) of the 1974 Water Resources
Development Act, which requested the Secretary of the Army, acting through
the Chief of Engineers, to undertake the Phase I General Design Memorandum
stage of advanced engineering and design for projects on the Arkansas River
above John Martin Dam, Colorado, which included a multiple-purpose reservoir
on Fountain Creek located 1.5 miles upstream from Pueblo, Colorado.

2. The District and Division Engineers find that Phase I studies did not
reaffirm the feasibility report's reservoir plan to provide flood control
measures and recreation. The restudy failed to show economic feasibility
for the plan, and studies revealed that water quality in the reservoir would
be unsuitable for body contact recreation. There was also no local support
for the reservoir. Alternative plans were formulated to meet the flood
problems and recreational needs of Pueblo.

3. The reporting officers recommend authorization for construction of a
project to increase the channel capacity of Fountain Creek through Pueblo
with a combination of channel improvement and levees. The recommended plan
also includes recreational development on lands required for flood control.
The District Engineer estimates the first cost for construction to be
$6,578,000, of which $4,827,000 would be Federal and $1,751,000 non-Federal,
based on the President's 1978 proposed cost-sharing policy. Average annual
charges are estimated at $552,000. Estimated average annual benefits are
$692,000. Based on a 100-year period for economic analysis and an interest
rate of 7-3/8 percent, the benefit-cost ratio is 1.3.

4. The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors concurs generally in the
views and recommendations of the reporting officers. The Board recommends
that the reporting officers' proposed plan be authorized for construction.