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<br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />limited to $5,000. The following table summarizes these lower <br />costs when river maintenance work is assumed: <br /> <br /> HIGH NORMAL <br /> RUNOFF RUNOFF <br />BRIDGE DAMAGE $ 10,000.00 $ 5,000.00 <br />EMERGENCY $ 40,000.00 $ 5,000.00 <br />OTHER PUBLIC $ 10,000.00 $ 0.00 <br />TOTAL FLOOD COST $ 60,000.00 $ 10,000.00 <br /> <br />As shown above the probable flood damage to public improvements <br />can be greatly reduced. But, more importantly, the benefits of <br />the cleanup will continue far beyond next year's spring runoff and <br />would be an investment that could save the people or Delta County <br />millions of dollars over the next few years. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Removal of debris, fortification of the bridges and flood <br />protection of other public improvements would reduce the probable <br />flooding damage to private property during a flood. From all <br />sources, including interviews with landowners and field <br />investigation, debris removal and other projects designed to <br />protect the public improvements would reduce the private losses by <br />20% of the 1984 figure for a major flood. <br /> <br />However ~ a. greaterc_",l:'~cl:ggJ;;lon,:.,.of_,~os~s c,?uld be achieved by <br />channelJ.zatJ.on and ravel d 0 rpmo".r.],.l whJ.ch would allow the <br />river channel to agaJ.n arry flood waters around the farms, <br />ranches and other priva e improvements that must necessarily <br />coexist adjacent to the rive If all the private property was <br />included in a channelizati n plan, the probability of magnitude of <br />the losses experienced in 19 4 could be reduced to nothing. If <br />only 10% of the cost to annelize the river to within its banks <br />could be spent to prot ct economically valuable private <br />improvements, the major 10 ses could be reduced drastically. In <br />the long term, the benefits of continued protection would pay <br />interest on the investment \ in the form of increased production, <br />decreased losses and a stronger agrarian economy for Delta County. <br /> <br />\ <br />\ <br />\ <br /> <br />" ....-t. <br />~ t/,Y/.rrJ I <br />l L,'.\f~ \IV'v h, \ ,'~' <br />, " ~~ ''7 <br />. f)f'i/ViJ'-. ,~ If'" ,..)",- \ '" <br />t?:v" vJ\ <br /> <br />\ <br />\-1,1, ' <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />-7- <br />