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Show Moss Plan Would Put Little Dell Dam on Flood Control Bill A resolution authorizing the addition of Little Dell Reservoir in Parleys Canyon to the omnibus omni-bus flood control bill pending before the Senate Committee on Public Works was introduced in the U. S. Senate Wednesday by Senator Frank E. Moss. Building of a reservoir would be the major step in the elimination elimina-tion of floods in Salt Lake City such as the maximum flood of record which occurred in April and May of 1952 and covered some 75 city blocks. The project would add some 4000 acre feet annually to Salt Lake City's water supply. j The Senator also wrote the chairman of the Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers and Harbors of the Senate Commit-1 tee on Public sWorks, Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma, informing him of the action. Senator Moss is a member of the committee and the subcommittee. subcom-mittee. "When further hearings are held on H. R. 7634 by your subcommittee sub-committee I request an opportunity oppor-tunity to present testimony on the Little Dell Dam and Reservoir Reser-voir project, with a view to inclusion in-clusion to my amendment in the bill," Sen. Moss wrote. "Early authorization of the Little Dell project is vital to the future projection pro-jection of Salt Lake City." He pointed out that the Chief of Engineers recommends construction con-struction of the dam, which is planned for a height of 170 feet, and a length of 1400 feet. "The reservoir would have a capacity of 8000 acre feet, controlling con-trolling the run-off from a 16 square mile area, and would be operated in conjunction with the 3200 acre foot Mountain Dell Reservoir for flood control and water supply. These reservoirs would prevent flood damages on Parleys Creek and project the 13th So. Street area from major floods. "The Chief of Engineers estimates esti-mates the total cost of the Little Dell Dam and Reservoir at $6,-400,000 $6,-400,000 with annual charges of $258,000. He estimates the average aver-age annual "benefits at $341,000, consisting of $201,000 for prevention pre-vention of flood damages and $131,000 for water supply. The benefit cost ratio is 1:3. Because the flood control benefits are entirely local in nature, he considers con-siders that local interests should provide land, easements and rights of way, repay that part of the project allocated to water supply, and cooperate in other respects," the letter said. Federal outlay for the project would be $3,851,000, and the local lo-cal portion of the total cost may run about 40 per cent, Senator Moss said. |