Central Valley Project of California: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, Central Valley Project of State Water Plan of California. February 7, 8, and 9, 1935 |
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... problem of Sacramento River flood control because , due to the high rainfall , the run - off during the winter and spring seasons is almost certain to overflow in some parts . That is true of the San Joaquin also . Weirs have been built ...
... problem of Sacramento River flood control because , due to the high rainfall , the run - off during the winter and spring seasons is almost certain to overflow in some parts . That is true of the San Joaquin also . Weirs have been built ...
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... problem for those inhabitants . Many farms have already reverted to desert , and if we should be unfortunate enough to have a continuation of this inadequate rain- fall for the next few years , the damage wrought will be irremedial . Mr ...
... problem for those inhabitants . Many farms have already reverted to desert , and if we should be unfortunate enough to have a continuation of this inadequate rain- fall for the next few years , the damage wrought will be irremedial . Mr ...
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... problem and I do not think that any State administration for a number of years has failed to give careful and continuous attention to this problem . The CHAIRMAN . I should like to call your attention to one phase of this matter and get ...
... problem and I do not think that any State administration for a number of years has failed to give careful and continuous attention to this problem . The CHAIRMAN . I should like to call your attention to one phase of this matter and get ...
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... problem is how to get the best use of the water we have . California is a great agricultural State . It ranks second in the value of agricultural products , some $ 623,000,000 a year according to the last census figures . Texas is 5 ...
... problem is how to get the best use of the water we have . California is a great agricultural State . It ranks second in the value of agricultural products , some $ 623,000,000 a year according to the last census figures . Texas is 5 ...
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... problem is one of very great importance to the State of Cali- fornia by reason of the value of the areas affected . This is in the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley , an area about 200 miles long , which is short of water and where ...
... problem is one of very great importance to the State of Cali- fornia by reason of the value of the areas affected . This is in the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley , an area about 200 miles long , which is short of water and where ...
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acres agency agricultural amount basins bonds Buck canals Central Valley Project CHAIRMAN Chico Landing Chief of Engineers Colusa Committee on Rivers Congress construction contract contribution Corporation cost delta Department districts division engineer economic Edison electric energy ENGLEBRIGHT estimated feet FERGUSON flood control Friant furnish Gas & Electric hereby HYATT hydro interest irrigation Kennett Dam Kennett Reservoir Kern Rivers kilowatt-hours kilowatts KIMBALL Landing and Sacramento levees maintenance mento miles minimum flow municipalities navigation and flood necessary operation payment percent Public Works Administration pumping purposes rates READY recommendations reports under review rights-of-way Rivers and Harbors Sacramento and San Sacramento River Sacramento Valley salt water San Francisco Bay San Joaquin River San Joaquin Valley second-feet southern California steam Stockton Suisun Bay territory thereof tion transmission lines United Water Project Authority water shortage WEARIN WEST WHITTINGTON
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Page 6 - Congress, to make such surveys of and general plans for said Sacramento and San Joaquin basins and adjoining territory as may be useful to the Congress and to the several States in guiding and controlling the extent, sequence, and nature of development that may be equitably and economically advanced through the expenditure of public funds...
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Page 3 - ... other structures, and navigation projects at any point along the Tennessee River, or any of its tributaries and in the event that the owner or owners of such property shall fail and refuse to sell to the Corporation at a price deemed fair and reasonable by the board, then the Corporation may proceed to exercise the right of eminent domain, and to condemn all property that it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act...
Page 3 - River drainage basins; and shall have power to acquire or construct power houses, power structures, transmission lines, navigation projects, and incidental works in the Tennessee River and its tributaries, and to unite the various power installations into one or more systems by transmission lines.