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B-178737 1 (1973-07-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkhf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20 E The Honorable James C. Wright, Jr. Chairman, Subcommittee on Investigati ons and Review K, *t'-Committee on Public Works 2,J03 7 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of May 18, 1973, requested that we give your Subcommittee certain information on the recent and continued flood- Hgoughout the Midwest. The information requested requires engineering judgment by the C o ,,uXs to estimate (1) the extent of damages, (2) the / damages avoided by existing projects, (3) the damages that could have been avoided if authorized but not yet constructed projects had been completed, and (4) the effect that application of the criteria recently proposed by the Water Resources Council would have had on the economic feasibility of existing as well as authorized but not constructed projects. We are also furnishing the requested informa- tion on the costs or estimates of costs of authorized, existing, and partially constructed l~ooAontrol works in the recently flooded areas. At our request, the Corps gathered the information from its di- vision and district offices and developed the estimates in response to your questions. As discussed with your office, we did not evalu- ate the estimates in detail to determine their validity and accuracy. We did, however, visit the Corps' Lower Mississippi Valley Divi- sion during the development of the estimates to (1) observe the flood damage, (2) discuss the methodology used in developing the estimates, and (3) review segments of the estimates. The estimates are based on the most relevant and reliable information available to the Corps. Corps officials told us the estimates would be revised when the flood waters recede and a final report would be available by December 1973. The Corps' estimates follow. 1. The floods have caused about $532 million in damages. A /JQZL o I5s

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