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<br />9 <br /> <br />miles above Dayton. The flood control pr.oject is a combination improved <br />river channel end dry retarding basin system. Complete protection is <br />given to the cities end industrial B.reas, end practically complete pro- <br />tection to agricultural lands below the dams. The works were entirely <br />paid for by the cithens of the Miami Valley. The combined gross <br />storage capacity of the retarding basins is 841,000 acre feet. The <br />uniform capacity of the river channel through the cities is maintained <br />by strict control Ilnd the project. hilS been successful in teJdng care of <br />heavy floods without damage to property or loss of life. Flood protec- <br />tion works are siDIp~ designed, end are completely foolproof. They <br />work automatically - their success is not dependent upon anyones judg- <br />ment or act when floods come. The builders of the project recognized <br />the tendency to forget c:i.anger when living in safety and on each of its <br />dams erected a plaque, a picture of which is shown on Chart V. The in- <br />junction thereon has been implicitly followed for over twenty years and <br />today Dayton, Ohio is able to advertise itself as the "safest city of <br />the world." <br /> <br />Chart VI is a map of another successful comprehensive flood <br />control project. It shows the Mullkingum Watershed Conserv6Zlcy District, <br />e..lllO located in Ohio. The drainage area of the basin is 5,692 sqUAre <br />miles. The project is a combined channel improvemant and retarding <br />basin plsn. The total gross capacity of the flood control space behind <br />the dams is 1,326,400 acre feet. Storage capacity of 212,800 acre feet <br />in addition to the flood storage has been devoted to water conservation <br />and recreation purposes. The good distribution of the retarding be.sins <br />above the area to be protected, tha well-designed structures and their <br />successful operation, all indicate a well-conceived plan that has been <br />soundly built. The enterprise was initiated by the citizens of the <br />Muskingum Ve..lley, but was later teken over by the Army Ellgineers, and <br />the bulk of the conetruction work ..as paid for by the Federe..l govern- <br />ment. <br />