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FM Area Diversion International Legislators Forum June 27, 2014

FM Area Diversion International Legislators Forum June 27, 2014. Keith Berndt PE Cass County ND Administrator. Red River Basin. Total Drainage Area: 45,000 square miles. Fargo, ND. Moorhead, MN. Baldhill Dam. Valley City. Maple River Dam. Lisbon. Orwell Dam.

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FM Area Diversion International Legislators Forum June 27, 2014

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  1. FM Area DiversionInternational Legislators ForumJune 27, 2014 Keith Berndt PE Cass County ND Administrator

  2. Red River Basin Total Drainage Area: 45,000 square miles Fargo, ND Moorhead, MN Baldhill Dam Valley City Maple River Dam Lisbon Orwell Dam Q 100 year = 34,700 cfs Q 500 year = 61,700 cfs Q max 2009 = 29,500 cfs White Rock Dam North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota

  3. Red River Flooding History • Red River Flood Stage = 18 feet on the Fargo gage at 13th Ave. S. • Exceeded in 50 of the past 111 years • Exceeded 20 of the last 21 years • Catastrophic damages have been prevented by emergency measures • 8 of the 16 “major” floods on record have occurred since 2000 • 2009 was the flood of record • Stage of 40.8 feet • 2-percent chance (50 year) event • Emergency measures cost approximately $70M 2009 Flood Expedited Feasibility Study

  4. Water Everywhere

  5. Commuting Challenges Interstate 29 Closed April 10. Reopened April 15, 2011. Detour added = 22.8 miles

  6. A willing workforce heeds the call 2009

  7. Volunteers fill the Fargodome Building is 466,000 SF.

  8. Lines of Defense Take Shape

  9. FM Area Diversion Project • 1,600 ft wide Diversion Channel in ND with 150,000 acre-feet of Upstream Staging • Outlet near Georgetown, MN • Inlet north of Oxbow, ND • Provides 1-percent (100-year) Risk Reduction • Reduces 1-percent event by >5’ • Extreme Events are Flood- Fightable

  10. FM Diversion Economics 1 in 5 of all North Dakotans will benefit from flood risk reduction $14 Billion = Property Value Receiving Flood Risk Reduction Benefits $4.3 Billion = Wages in the F-M Metro Area $10 Billion = Annual F-M Gross Domestic Product $200 Million = Annual Income & Sales Taxes Generated for North Dakota from F-M Metro $71 Million = Annual Income & Sales Taxes Generated for Minnesota from F-M Metro

  11. Diversion Channel Cross Section (Reach 1) Total Width = 1,600 feet

  12. JUNE 10, 2014 NEWS FLASH! PRESIDENT OMAMA AUTHORIZED FM AREA DIVERSION PROJECT CONSTRUCTION

  13. Overall Funding Approach • $100M • MN • $450M • ND State • $800M* • $1,000M • $450M • ND Local • Federal Cost Share • Non-Federal Cost Share • *WRRDA Authorized $846 Million

  14. Ongoing Efforts Working with upstream interests Additional upstream storage opportunities Cemetery mitigation Oxbow, Hickson, Bakke Levee Construction Fargo Levees Land Acquisition Design

  15. www.fmdiversion.com www.fmdiversion.com

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