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| FLOOD CONTROL |
| The Papio watershed is the most dangerous watershed in the state in terms of potential loss of life and damage to property. More people die from floods than any other natural disaster. |
| An average iceberg weighs about 20 million tons. |
| WATER WEIGHTS . . . |
| One cubic foot of water equals 7.48 gallons. |
| One gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds. |
| The Board approved a sinking fund in the NRD's FY2005 budget to be earmarked for the sole purpose of planning and constructing reservoirs in the Papio watershed. It will be funded with one-cent of the NRD's authorized tax levy, or about $3.6 million FY05. |
| A visionary plan to aggressively construct ten of the twenty-one reservoir sites, originally proposed by the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers in 1967, was released in July. The Board will most likely consider the final plan for the dam sites as early as November of this year. The NRD has drafted proposed legislation seeking general obligation bonding authority from the State Legislature to help finance construction and development of the proposed dam sites. |
| Click below to view the complete plan prepared by HDR Engineering, including executive summary, locations of the ten proposed dam sites, and the methodoloy used to study each one. |
| RE-ELECT NICHOLS for NRD Please Vote November 2 |
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