The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-10-12
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reservoir at Tiffin on the San
dusky river, it was disclosed.
The new plan, on which hear
ings are scheduled before the dis
trict's board of directors Nov. Is,
trimmed the districts multi-mil-
lion dollar flood control program
sharply.
Allen Pretzman. counsel for the
district, said plans to build the
$19,500,000 Summit Level reser-
voir on the divide between the
Ohio river and Lake Erie water
sheds were dropped because its
expected cost ''far exceeded its
benefits"
Landowners Fought 1t
Landowners in Wyandot county
had fought the proposal on the
ground the reservoir would cover
thousands of valuable farming
acres with water and would be of
little benefit to either watershed.
The Tiffin reservoir, the conser-
vancy district announcement said,
will have to be built some day
if the city expected to be safe
from repetition of the 1913
flood which took the lives of 19
persons there.
Since it is impractical to pro-
vide adequate protection for Tiff
fin and Fremont by local improv-
ments alone, the complete solu-
ton of the Tiffin and Fremont
problems therefore must be the
construction of an upstream
flood-control reservoir, together
with certain local protection work
at those cities" the district an
nouncement said.
A reservoir on Rocky Fork
creek in Highland county, has
been all but taken from the con-
servancy districts hands by the
decision of the state conservation
department to go ahead with a
100000 recreational lake there
without waiting for federal help
amounting to S3,300,000. Federal
flood control projects have been
shelVed because of the Korean
emergency and the state plans to
advertise for bids on its smaller
project soon.
Hopeful for ALLEGATION
Pretzman said he was still
hopeful that the federal alloca-
ton would come along and that
the project was still on the dis
trict's program.
"The general comprehensive
plan" a synopsis of the overall
program said, consists of one wat
er storage reservoir and seven
flood control and -conser-
walton reservoirs, combined with
local flood protection improve
ments at Fremont, Columbus,
and Chillicothe, and eight local
rural levee projects along the
Scioto river below Columbus. =.
together with program for run
off and water-flow retardation
and soil erosion prevention of the
lands within teh drainage areas of
Scioto and Sandusky.
"The directors are recommend
ing that all of the major projects
in this plan be included in the
initial official plan, except the
flood-control and water conSer-
walton reservoir on the SanduS-
ky river upstream from Tiffin
and eight rural levee projects"
After the hearing before the
board of directors, the plan will
be given further public airing
before the conservancy court,
made up of common pleas judges
of the II counties in the district.
No date has been set for the Sec
ond hearing.
Other Projects
Other recommended projects:
l. A Sl,710,000 to $2,753, 900 res
ervoir the cost depending on
whether it is built for water sup
ply only or flood control also, on
the Sandusky river two miles up
stream from BucyruS.
2. Big Darby reservoir in
Franklin and Madison counties, to
be built from federal funds.
3. Deer creek reservoir, Pick
away county, to be built from fed
eral funds.
4. Rocky Fork reservoir.
5. Levees on the Sandusky
river at Fremont to protect until
dam can be built above the city.
6. Levees on the Scioto river
at ChillicOthe