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<br />COpy <br />. <br /> <br />00 PY <br /> <br />UNITED STATES <br />DEPAR'l'lJENTOF'l'HE INTERIOR <br />BUllEAUOF RECIAMATION' <br />Denver Federal Center <br />Denver 2, Colorado <br /> <br />In reply refer to: <br />7,1 <br /> <br />llelllGrandum <br /> <br />Jenuary 10, 1952 <br /> <br />Tot <br /> <br />Chief, Hydrology Branch, Project Plamdng Divieion <br /> <br />Froii.: <br /> <br />H. S. Rieebol <br /> <br />SUbject: Review ot Survey Report.-Fountaln B:i.ver W.terehed, Colorado, <br />Department' ot Agriculture ' , <br /> <br />By" copy ot Assistant Direotor G.E.Tomlinson' sletter ot Deoember17, 1951 <br />to Regional Direowr, Denver, Colorado, subject as above, we 1f8re furnished a copy <br />ot the subject report and cOllllllents were requested by January 15, 1952. Engineers <br />Borland, Dugan, and I have revi..ed the report. and prepared separate memoranda. I <br />have prepared this memorandum to present the consensus ot our views. <br /> <br />The Survey Report presents a program tor runoff and water flow retardation and <br />soil erosion prevention on the Fountain River Watershed in Colorado. The recollllll8D.ded <br />program contemplates the adoption o!:ldtsbdepeqient .asures on cultivated, range, and <br />forest areas design.ed w reduce and retard.sur.f'ace runo:f'1'. stabili~e the soil mantle, <br />and check accelerated erosion result1nginthe 1'E!duetion ot flood and sediment d$tnages. <br />The estimated total cost during the installation period 1s $3,762,000. Ot th1semount, <br />it is recollllllended '!ib.t the Federal Governmant conti:ibute about $3,062,000, and, non- <br />Federal interests about &700,332. Atter installation, annualmaintenaes would cost <br />the Federal Govermilent about $4,400 and non-Federal interests approximately $35,300. <br />The report. est1mates the benefit-cost ratio to be i1..26:l, or on the basis of, the <br />uniform price levels adopted by the Federal Inter-Agency River Basin CollBll1ttee on <br />September 27, 1951, to be 1.67 :1. <br /> <br />, The total cost tor installation of the recoll1llended program is hroken d01l1l as <br />tollows: <br /> <br />CNer-all. <br />treatment measuree <br /> <br />Percent <br /> <br />Cost <br />Dollars <br />Land treatment '!I1,ll46,OOO 30.5 <br /> <br />structuralll'orks y 2,561,000 68 <br />Land acquisition ",000 1.5 <br />Total 3,762;000 100,;0 <br /> <br />!I Includes 20.6 percent tor technical services, educational assistance, <br />progrem integration, and program evaluation. , <br />y Includes :3.4 percent tor program integration and program evaluation. <br />