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r r i -n i r 7 he Loau,inrir; 01 thea r of 11, rctir rwaits, I,oLt Iii Calm tali, 1 �iLc Ito .liiut;t0n, olid l.ni:c Poinsett lmvc Luc n defiled iu arca L,y proposed dike linos hared upon pr"ciitabil- int nl successful diking 'I it rrilcriait upon uhitli ln,uti0a of thaw dike linen tuns based is }lead nl t„tkn In be ccparte�) nu the dikee A ruslsined 6ce+d of ❑haul 3.S Icet ir. ruu- Cidcrad to be Ilm nu:tinunn f,u »hich dikae huuld Iu tirsihnrci in Ibis alc" The final locution of the prop o» l boundary dikes v,ill Le bnncd upon Ihc further criterion of suitable soilr. with n6ioh .nrtl "11011 ,thir.h to !mild ibcn,, 'l he locution of such it lioc ie not k"o,w❑ at this time teal] enoul;li to be taken lulu con: ide itIion. Phe er:entnal reservoirs, with boundaries cor,formint,, to this c.ritcrion will almost '--lilt (re a"" than those considered in this rciort. the Indian River -St. Lucic Reservoir is any lined culirall of undeteloped land. most of which would necessarily continue to sar,c as r, conce)'nnce and storage arca for Muter pumped from the surrounding developed lands. '1 he size of the reservoir is calcu- lated to provide irrigation water for lie Nort'Luue r F.ort Pierce Drrinuge Dis- ) ..: .. .:.rk trios and the '&0 ditronal aurrauodin area tw lich ma l0 icall,p be uervc;d. (As opposed to Ott lithos which are sized herein at tl;eir minimum coaccivablr ewlcnl _ far flood c0"trol 1U �✓ I lit primal)' purpost; of tha Indion ]liver -St f.,ucic ,'(esenFoir is wa11 ter consurva[iop.. Ilotwvver, it twill u,lso serve ur. it sturaf;e ilea for flood wtater and to reduce stesgta in L}te . 'M,.�. Lake F"lmingtort pool. (Thr purpose alit] tht, design criterion of the oIlit I's is flood Con - trot alone, although they will serve, incidentally, ar conservation pr,ols with the addition of control structures ) Ito capacity for conservation storage, if State Hand 60 is rained to make it possi- ble to store to an elevation of 28.0 ft uisl., will be 200,000 acre feet. With the road at lis existing grade levee the capacity is about 100;000 acre lett, this assumes an rven- , teal surface area of 77 square wiles. At present there is on undevc,loped, diked -aft area. Of about 11.0 square miles, Due to the limitation on available wetter supply lot the rescr- Voir and increased evaporation in the larger arca, the availabic act t•atertupply trill be about the same with the smaller area as with Ilic larger. Detailed studies of ]and use and land values may determine the exact boundaries of this reservoir but its service to the adjacent areas will be about the tame regardlcse of size; down to about 70 square: miles Its capacity for flood control storage will depend, to a considerable devrp,, operating procedures but will be in the order of 150.000 acre feet 24