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<br />le. SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED (Continued) <br /> <br />a'~ ~e of short duration. Preliminary studies indicated that <br />construction of levees along the major streams in the Bijou Creek <br />basin and along the lower South Platte River would cost in excess <br />of $l50 million and would be economically infeasible. Local <br />protection projects for Byers and Deer Trail were also investigated. <br />Levee protection at Byers and at Deer Trail is estimated to cost <br />about :~200,OOO and $300,000, respectively. Preliminary studies <br />indicated that local protection projects for these communities would <br />have a reasonable chance of economic justification. Local interests <br />at Byers and at Deer Trail indicated, however, that they would be <br />unable to provide the necessary cooperation for such levee projects. <br /> <br />(h) Diversion. The flood problems in the Bijou Creek <br />basin are widespread. Except for diversion of Bijou Creek flows <br />into the Harrows Reservoir, diversion as an alternative solution <br />to the Bijou Creek basin flood problems is impractical and physically <br />infeasible. House Document 669. BOth Congress, 2d Session, Mentions <br />the possibility of either divertinG Bijou Creek flows into the then <br />authorized narrows Reservoir site, located on the South Platte River <br />u,'strearn from Bijou Creek, or of constructinr, a dam at the Old Fort <br />site, which is at the confluence of Bijou Creek with the South <br />Platte River. In 19('4, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Colorado <br />Hater Conservation Board investif':ated alternative sites ::or a <br />potential reservoir. The Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />recommended construction of a uam and reservoir at the previously <br />authorized Narrows site, and the Bureau of Reclamation proceeded <br />I <br />with planninr, on that basis. <br /> <br />I <br />(5) During this study, consideration was given to <br />divertin~ Bijou Creek'flows into the tJotential Narrows Reservoir. <br />It is estimated that a diversion chan~el an4 appurtenant struc- <br />tures, capable of conveying the standard p~oject flood, would <br />cost $35 million. The diversion would require an additional <br />lOO,OOO acre-feet of sediment storage in th~ Narrows Reservoir. <br />If additional stora[le were not provided in the reservoir, the <br />conservation storage ~one would have to be depleted. In either <br />case, delta formation~ at the downstream end of the Bijou Creek <br />diversion would make the reservoir less desirable environmentally. <br />Diversion would provide a slightly hi~her degree of protection <br />along the lower South: Platte River than Bijou Creek reservoirs <br />would provide. Diver~ion would not, however, resolve the flood <br />and related water resource problems in the Bijou Creek basin. <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board, after reviewing the <br />options, indicated its preference for reservoir storage in the <br />Bijou Creek basin. <br /> <br />22 <br />