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<br />page 46 <br /> <br />September 26, 1966 -- SWIlll1ary Memorandum --. "Colorado Water Conservation Board" <br /> <br />SWIlll1ary memo of 9-22-66 meeting from E:tanley Miller, Supv. Water <br />Resource Engineer to Felix Sparks, Director (C. W. C. B. )--discusses <br />potential for corps dam 1 mile above Highwa.y III with a capacity of <br />176,000 acre feet, at a cost of $13 million and a BIC ration of <br />0.2 to 1.0. <br /> <br />"There is no question that there is a flood problem on Pawnee Creek <br />watershed. It appears, however, that it will be very difficult to <br />deyelop an economically justified plan of improvement.: <br /> <br />July 30, 1967 -- The Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District <br />"News Release" <br /> <br />A flood study of Pawnee Creek will be initiated. "Damage from the <br />June 15, 1965, Pawnee flood was estimated at $2,7111,000. While <br />preliminary surveys have indicated that it is feasible to construct <br />ade'luate flood control improvements for the Pawnee, studies to date <br />have not indicated sufficient damage to qualify for flood control <br />under existing criteria for federal projects." <br /> <br />June 18, 1970 <br /> <br />E. L. Bennett, P.E., one of the most active residents on this <br />subject. <br /> <br />E. L. Bennett's report on the "Pawnee Creek Flood. Syndrome-- <br />A Good Description of the Flooding Problems". <br /> <br />"This presentation is prepared as we, in the vicinity of Sterling <br />and Atwood, Colorado, are experiencing the fifth anniversary of a <br />disastrous and unnatural flood from the Pawnee Creek watershed. The <br />ultimate purpose of this report is to present certain factual information <br />to the residents, property owners, and responsible public officials so <br />as to more intelligently appraise the causes of this unnatural flood <br />threat so as to join forces and hopefully affect corrective measures." <br /> <br />"Our insurance unde.rwriters and legal counselors refer to cyclones, <br />earth'luakes, and floods as "Acts of God", however, in the case of the <br />Pawnee Creek flood syndrome, a more fitting classification would be "An <br />Act of Man in-so-far as free unobstructed flow to the South Platte River <br />is concerned". <br /> <br />"Conclusion -- Any outside financial and/or technical help in a <br />realistic approach to this Pawnee Creek syndrome will have to first <br />emerge from an enlightened, imaginative, unified, a.nd concerned <br />community, rather than the status quo. 'I'hus this presentation of <br />the Pawnee Creek flood syndrome -- a group .of signs and symptoms that <br />occur together and characterize a disease. 11 <br />