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<br />~f)30 <br />'-"... ' \) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />8. Non-existent Flood Control Benefits <br /> <br />The construction costs of the Narrows Dam that are to go for flood <br /> <br />control have been figured (by the Bureau of Reclamation) to be one-third <br />(1/3) of the total cost of the project. The last estimate for the Narrows <br />project is 160 million dollars. That would then indicate that the flood <br />control cost would be $53,300,000. Our group contends that there is very <br /> <br />little, if any, flood control benefits from the proposed Narrows Site nor <br /> <br />from the alternate site, Hardin. <br /> <br />The Bijou Creek was included in the original plans for the Narrows <br /> <br />Dam, and justifiably so. In the 1965 flood, the Bijou Creek dumped an <br /> <br />excess of 450,000 foot second feet of water into the South Platte Channel. <br /> <br />There is no doubt that it was the most water to flow in any stream in <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado. <br /> <br />Since the Narrows project was authorized the Bijou Creek has been <br /> <br />excluded from the project. The Army Corps of Engineers claimed that <br /> <br />channeling the Bijou Creek into the Narrows Dam was not feasible due to <br /> <br />the tremendous amount of silt carried by the Bijou Creek at flood stage. <br /> <br />This Narrows Dam Project was "sold" to the people and congress with the <br /> <br />idea that the Bijou Creek would be contained in the Narrows Dam. <br /> <br />In the spring of 1973 approximately 30,000 foot seconds of water <br /> <br />descended throur;h the South Platte Channel and, was probably the most <br /> <br />punishing high water ever recorded above the confluence of the Bijou <br />Creek with the South Platte River. <br /> <br />. <br />