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<br />SELECTED ALTERNATIVE <br />REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT'ACCOUNT (CONTD) <br />Sedgwick-Sand Draws Watershed <br />Colorado <br />Nebraska <br /> <br />Components <br /> <br />Regional Economic Base & Stability <br /> <br />Beneficial Effects: <br /> <br />Measures <br />State of <br />Colorado <br /> <br />of Effects <br />Rest of <br />Nar.ion <br /> <br />Project structural measures will be <br />effective in decreasing peak flows <br />resulting in (1) reduced area and <br />depth of floodwater inundation, (2) <br />reduced erosion and sediment trans- <br />portation, (3) reduced damage to <br />highways, railroad, residential and <br />commercial properties, and (4) re- <br />duced damage from canal breaching. <br />The resulting effects of these mea- <br />sures will be an improvement in the <br />watershed environment and'economy. <br />:Ll1e projt::t:L will-creat:E:-1-45.3 :;>t:1II..i.--- <br />skilled jobs for one year and 34.3 <br />permanent semi-skilled jobs. <br /> <br />Part 2-13 <br />December 1975 <br />