Water Resources Development in West VirginiaOhio River Division, Corps of Engineers, 1967 - Flood control |
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1954 price level acre-feet acres allied purposes Basin Comprehensive Study bility of improvement Branch Potomac River channel improvement Cherry River Clearing Project OR-H construction control and allied Corps of Engineers County Cumberland Dam OR-P determine the advisa District The project drainage area East Rainelle estimated Federal cost Flood Control Act FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS flood damages flood protection Fourpole Creek Guyandot River Huntington District Kanawha River Basin Little Kanawha River lock chamber Locks and Dam Marlinton Middle Island Creek Modernization Program Monongahela River Ohio River Basin Ohio River navigation PIKE ISLAND Potomac River PROJECT Huntington District Project OR-H 36 project was completed PROTECTION PROJECT Huntington Protection Project OR-H Rainelle recreation Reservoir RESERVOIR Huntington District Reservoir OR-H Richwood River and Tributaries River Basin Comprehensive River Navigation Project Small Flood Control Snagging and Clearing surface area Survey OR-H 59 water quality control water resources development water supply West Fork River West Virginia
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Page 48 - Army, is hereby authorized to compile and disseminate information on floods and flood damages, including identification of areas subject to inundation by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies, and general criteria for guidance in the use of flood plain areas; and to provide engineering advice to local interests for their use in planning to ameliorate the flood hazard...
Page 52 - The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to prepare a comprehensive plan for the development and efficient utilization of the water and related resources of the Appalachian region, giving special attention to the need for an increase in the production of economic goods and services within the region as a means of expanding economic opportunities...