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<br />~ <br />~ <br />II <br />" <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />..- <br />... <br />L <br />... <br />II <br />'. <br />~ <br />~ <br />II <br />L <br />... <br />~ <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />131 J Sherman Screet <br />Denver, Colorado 8020) <br />Phone: (303) F1f,6.)441 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />ROY ROMER, GOVERNOR <br /> <br />July 16. 1987 <br /> <br />j. Willi,Hll McDon,)ld <br />Director <br />David w. Walker <br />Mr. John P. Byrne. Director Deputy Director <br />State Coordinating Officer <br />Colorado Department of Public Safety <br />Division of Disaster Emergency Services <br />Camp George West <br />Golden. Colorado 80401 <br /> <br />Dear M~:(c:"T <br /> <br />I am pleased to transmit to you this Report on Governor's <br />Emergency Funding 1987: Rio Grande Flooding Alamosa County and <br />the Rio Grande Water Conservation District. <br /> <br />As you are aware. during the spring of 1987. the San Luis <br />Valley was predicted to receive high flood waters. The Rio <br />Grande peaked at 5.200 c.f.s. at Alamosa on May 16, 1987. the <br />highest since 1949, An effort to divert flood water from the <br />Rio Grande above the communities of Monte Vista and Alamosa. <br />assisted through a grant from Governor Romer's Emergency <br />Contingency Fund. was undertaken to rehabilitate irrigation <br />drains, The cleaning of the irrigation drains successfully sent <br />excess flood waters of the Rio Grande west to Lake San Luis, <br /> <br />This combined effort of Federal. State. local government, <br />and private interests, if not undertaken, would have allowed <br />the Rio Grande to outflank the levee system at Alamosa. A flood <br />at Alamosa would have caused millions of dollars in public and <br />private damages. loss of revenue and jobs during the flood <br />recovery period at Alamosa and at a time of an already sagging <br />economy in the San Luis Valley. <br /> <br />I appreciate the effort of you and your staff in <br />coordinating the grant from Governor Romer's Emergency Fund. <br /> <br />Sincerely. (i <br /> <br />--.--,' . /! I ;'1 /'~ <br />[( ;j!/ //1 C {~'L<"{'c <br /> <br />J. William Mc Donald <br />Director <br /> <br />JWMI <br />Enclosure: as stated <br />cc: Alamosa County <br />Rio Grande Water Conservation District <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Alamosa <br /> <br />4179E <br />