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<br />c' <br />r.. <br />f'- <br />C' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />would cause damages estim.ted at one hun4red thousand <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />dollars. About tweny thou.and ($20,000) dollars of this <br /> <br /> <br />(38,000 afa) would <br /> <br />re.idential property and the remainder wou d <br />thlrty-eiqht thousand CubiC-f.et-per-.econ4 <br />cause damaqe. of about two hundred thousanJ <br /> <br />damage would be to <br /> <br />be to Agriculture, <br /> <br />($200,000) dollars. <br /> <br />A tw~nty..i9ht thousand cubic-feet-per- <br /> <br />second (28,000 cfa) flood resulting solely from Hoover <br /> <br />rel....s can be expect.d once in about cwenty-five (25) to <br /> <br />thirty (30) years. A thirty-eight thousand cubic-feet-per- <br /> <br />second (38,000 cfa) flood would occur only once in about <br /> <br />two hundred (200) to three hundred (300) year.. ~he actual <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />frequoncy of the ocourrenc. of the flood. I've be.n talking <br /> <br />about would be somewhat gr.ater than I've stated because of <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />the flows from tributarie., such a. Plute Wash above Ne.dles, <br />I <br /> <br />the Bill Williams Rlver above Parker DUl, and. the GUa River <br />,I <br /> <br />at YWIl4. <br /> <br />You can ... from the abbreviated desoription I've <br /> <br />qivon you that although mo.t development alon9 the Lover <br /> <br />Colorado enjoy. a quite respectable de9ree of flood protectio~, <br /> <br />there are potential flood problema in certain are.., so you <br /> <br />may wonder why don't we operate Hoover Dam in a w.y which <br /> <br />would virtually eliminat. damages re.ulting from flows <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />or191Jl.atlng up.t.re&lll. It flood c1aIIlage. were the only <br /> <br />consideration in the operation of Hoover Dam, thi. could <br /> <br />-' <br /> <br />conceivably be accomplished. <br /> <br />1 <br />l <br />