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<br />Scope of the Report <br />The problem of evaluating urban drainage and flood control projects <br />is familiar to engineers in the public sector. Public works managers <br />are faced with the problems of securing funds for UDFC projects, which <br />requires that project benefits be clearly enunciated and defined. There <br />is strong competition for public funds with other urban needs such as <br />transportation, parks, hospitals, welfare, and schools, and clear <br /> <br /> <br />definition of project benefits will assist in the competition for pro- <br /> <br /> <br />ject funds. Once public funds are obtained for a project, it is the <br /> <br /> <br />responsibility of the public works manager to make best use of the funds <br /> <br /> <br />obtained. Again, a comprehensive identification of costs and benefits <br /> <br /> <br />can assist in the development of a but solution for the funds available <br /> <br /> <br />or for the objective in mind. <br /> <br /> <br />The decisionmaking process for urban drainage and flood control <br /> <br /> <br />projects has both political and economic-technical aspects. Basic <br /> <br /> <br />decisions with regard to public projects are made in the political pro- <br /> <br /> <br />cess, but the political process depends heavily on sound economic and <br /> <br /> <br />technical input. Economic and technical analysis can provide information <br /> <br /> <br />as to the best use of the public dollar to the extent that public goals <br /> <br /> <br />and benefits can be quantified. Economic and technical analyses provide <br /> <br /> <br />input to legislative bodies, who make the decisions that are necessary <br /> <br /> <br />for implementation. <br /> <br /> <br />Economic considerations utilize primarily the traditional ~y~temo <br /> <br /> <br />analy~~ process. Technical considerations insure that sound solutions <br /> <br /> <br />are being evaluated. The political process is not nearly as well <br /> <br /> <br />defined as the economic and technical processes. The economic analysis <br /> <br /> <br />is emphasized in this report and the presentation should be helpful in <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br />