Flood Control Plans and New Projects: 1943 and 1944 Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First[-second] Session on H.R. 4485, a Bill Authorizing the Construction of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Flood Control, and for Other Purposes, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944 - Flood control |
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... result of this flood ? General REYBOLD . Floodwater did get up into the plant . Water reached the power plant and probably some of their other installa- tions , but there was no serious damage done to the installations them- selves ...
... result of this flood ? General REYBOLD . Floodwater did get up into the plant . Water reached the power plant and probably some of their other installa- tions , but there was no serious damage done to the installations them- selves ...
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... resulting in the construction by those people of a system for the protection of Dayton and other areas following the ... result of moderate rain which had fallen during the 5 - day period just preceding the 4 days of intense rainfall ...
... resulting in the construction by those people of a system for the protection of Dayton and other areas following the ... result of moderate rain which had fallen during the 5 - day period just preceding the 4 days of intense rainfall ...
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... result of analysis in the report just cited the following plan of improvement can be summarized . The CHAIRMAN . Well , I don't mean to interrupt you , but generally will you indicate where this river is and in what State ? Colonel ...
... result of analysis in the report just cited the following plan of improvement can be summarized . The CHAIRMAN . Well , I don't mean to interrupt you , but generally will you indicate where this river is and in what State ? Colonel ...
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... result of the studies made in this report is for construction of a multiple - purpose , earth - filled dam and ... results of underground explorations and other available information , and give assurances satisfactory to the Secre- tary ...
... result of the studies made in this report is for construction of a multiple - purpose , earth - filled dam and ... results of underground explorations and other available information , and give assurances satisfactory to the Secre- tary ...
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... result of the recent floods , are that that project should be extended both up and down the river , and additional author- ization for expenditures made in this bill . Mr. CURTIS . That too ought to have an increase in authorization ...
... result of the recent floods , are that that project should be extended both up and down the river , and additional author- ization for expenditures made in this bill . Mr. CURTIS . That too ought to have an increase in authorization ...
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acre-feet acres additional agencies agricultural Angeles annual approved Army engineers authorized BASHORE Bayou Board Bureau of Reclamation Calaveras River Calif California capacity Central Valley Central Valley project CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers Colonel GOETHALS Colonel HALL Colonel PICK completed Congress conservation construction cooperation Corps of Engineers County Creek crops Department district engineer drainage ELLIOTT farm Federal Government feet Flood Control Act Flood Control Committee flood damage flood protection flood-control project flow Grand River hearings House Document improvements interests irrigation June KAUPKE Kaweah Kern River Kings River land levees Major General ROBINS miles Missouri River navigation Ohio Oklahoma operation Pensacola Dam percent plant POULSON proposed railroad rainfall recommended record represent Reservoir REYBOLD River Basin run-off Sacramento San Joaquin River San Joaquin Valley second-feet Secretary soil statement storage streams submitted tion tributaries Tulare Lake Tule River United watershed
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Page 658 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 626 - No expenditures for the construction of any new project, new division of a project, or new supplemental works on a project shall be made, nor shall estimates be submitted therefor, by the Secretary until after he has made an investigation thereof and has submitted to the President and to the Congress his report and findings on — (1) the engineering feasibility of the proposed construction ; (2) the estimated cost of the proposed construction ; (3) the part of the estimated cost which can properly...
Page 626 - If the proposed construction is found by the Secretary to have engineering feasibility and if the repayable and returnable allocations to irrigation, power, and municipal water supply or other miscellaneous purposes found by the Secretary to be proper, together with any allocation to flood control or navigation...
Page 423 - States, shall at all times be controlled by such reasonable rules and regulations in the interest of navigation, including the control of the level of the pool caused by such dam or diversion structure as may be made from time to time by the Secretary of War.
Page 667 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Tulare, ss: I, Gladys Stewart, county clerk and ex-officio clerk of the board of supervisors, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true, and correct copy of...
Page 658 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 534 - Mr. Chairman. I want to express my appreciation to you and to the members of the committee for the privilege of being here with you this morning, and I would like permission to revise and extend my remarks.
Page 546 - I ask that it be incorporated in the record. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, that will be done. (The...
Page 626 - In the event such contracts are made for furnishing water for irrigation purposes, the costs of any irrigation water distribution works constructed by the United States in connection with the new project, new division of a project, or supplemental works on a project, shall be covered by a repayment contract entered into pursuant to said subsection (d) The provisions of this section are now the subject of controversy.
Page 792 - Authority to construct should be understood to include authority to make modifications of the plans, to construct the reservoir at Federal cost, and to make arrangements for payment by the State or other responsible agency to the United States for the conservation storage when used.