WSP02550

• File Number: 8141
• Description: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 3/2/1944
• Author: Secretary of War
• Title: A Report Together With Accompanying Papers and Illustrations on a Review of Reports on the Missouri River For Flood Control
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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MISSOURI RIIER BASIN

11. In addit.ion t.he plan woultI effeet. import.nnt. reductions in 1100d
stnO'es along the Ivlississippi River below the mouth of the lHissonri.
Thus the proposed ~-lissollri Ri'"er Basin reservoirs. operated in
. COOl'flin~ltion with t,he authorized reservoirs in the Ohio) Arkallsns, illld
ot.hcr bnsins would become fin import.llnt. find beneficinl pnrt. of t.he
tlood-cont.rol syst.em of the lower Mis,issippi River. Use of the st.ored
water for J11ulLiple purposes would also improve low-wllter flows in the
J\Jississippi River thereby saving considerable urmlgiug cost.s for the
9-foot IlU\"jO'iLt.ion channel. Improvement of t.he low wat.er flow would
ussist. in pr';,viding n 12-foot. dept.h in t.he Mississippi River, st.udy' of
which has been request.ed by t.he. Commit.t.ee on Ri'''Ns und IflLrbors
of tlw House of Reprcsontllt.i \'es.
12. Because of.t.he rnnny interest.s involved and uncertaint.y as to
the IlHlI1llCr in whieh this important, section 'of t,he Unit.ed States mf!Y
develop in t,he future, the Buard considers it impracticable nt_ this
time to nlllke a detailed lllonctnry estimnte of t.he henefits which
will accrue from the comprehensive pInn. Con~idering the potential-
ities of the ~1issollri River Bnsin, LIle Bounl expects a cont,inned
expnnsion of its economic ncti\.ities und considers the proposcd plan
fiS unudvisnble aid in that connection. It. i. c"rtuin t.hat the benefits
frOlll the work will be VC'I'.V gre:lt find widesprcad. .After thorough
consid"I"I1t.ioIl t.he Boltrd concludes t.hat. t.he Unit.ed Stat.es will profit.
by undertnking t.he improvements as reconunendeu by t.he division.
engineer own. stcp-by-step bn,sis. .
i3. Accordingly, (.he Bonrd reeol!.unends modification of the up-
proved gencrul comprehensive plan for flood cont,fol find othe-r pur._
"poses in the 1Hssouri River BI\s\l\ to 'nc-hlt\~ 1'2 addH,lonfl:lll"fnltip1e.
purpose resen'oirs, works t.o divert. water to the Devils Luke and
James Ri\.er Basin regions, and a SYSt.el)l of levees and similar im-
provements nlong the !\'IissollI'i Rive'r hetweefl Sioux City and -the
mouth, in genr.ral [lccordn.ne('. wit,h t.he plan of the division engineer
as shown on the accompanying mup with such Inodificat,ions thereof
and chl1nges_-therein as the Seeretary oJ Will' and Chief of Engineers
may find advisable, at un estimated cost to the Unit.ed States of
$481,600,000 for these ndditionnl works, ,the improyement.s to be
constructed and, eX('.f.'-pt for the le,,-ces find uppurtel1finCeS, operq.t.ed
and maintained by the \Var Department. under tbe direct,ion of t.he
Secretnry of Wur and supervision of t.he Cbief 01 Engineel's; subject.
to the -condition that no cxpendit,ures shull be made for the const.ruc-
tion of finy levee unit and appurtenant. works recommended herein
until loeul interests (fl.) provide without cost 10 the Unitc,l Stutes,
all. land, easement.s, und rights-of-wllY ncccssnry for ,eonst,ruct.ion of
saId levee ullit and appurt.enant works; nlld (6) ngree t.o hold und
snve the Uniteel St.ates free from damllges due to the construction of
the levees Dnd a.ppurtenllnt works; find (c) agree to maintain and
operate the le,\rees and appurtenant \....orks after complet.ioIl, such
11laintenance to include cutting gruss. renlovnl of weeds~ local drninnge,
and minor repairs. The Board fUl',ther recOlllJlleuds Hwt in addition
to. previous aut.horiznl.ions of fllnds there be authorized for I1ppropri-
atlOIl, funds suffieient to provide for initiation and prosecution of t,he
expunded genemI comprehensive plan in Iogical.st.eps.
For t.he Bourd:

JOHN J. KINGMAN,
Brigadier Gener.al, United Stafl's Army,
Senior Member.

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