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Page 268
... benefits of a dam often benefit only a tiny minority . That point was clearly docu- mented in a GAO study entitled Congressional Guidance Needed on Federal Cost Share of Water Resource Projects When Project Benefits Are Not Widespread ...
... benefits of a dam often benefit only a tiny minority . That point was clearly docu- mented in a GAO study entitled Congressional Guidance Needed on Federal Cost Share of Water Resource Projects When Project Benefits Are Not Widespread ...
Page 269
... benefits that would accrue from the project . " As a result of the project , the company has been able to upgrade 2,390 acres from unimproved pasture to 1,405 acres of cropland and 985 acres of pastureland , bringing annual benefits ...
... benefits that would accrue from the project . " As a result of the project , the company has been able to upgrade 2,390 acres from unimproved pasture to 1,405 acres of cropland and 985 acres of pastureland , bringing annual benefits ...
Page 272
... benefits from the complex of dams and levees of which New Melones is a part had been overestimated by $ 12 million to $ 24 million — at 1974 prices . Annual irrigation benefits from New Melones alone , they claim , should be " adjusted ...
... benefits from the complex of dams and levees of which New Melones is a part had been overestimated by $ 12 million to $ 24 million — at 1974 prices . Annual irrigation benefits from New Melones alone , they claim , should be " adjusted ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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