Flood Control: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Seventy-Eighth Congress, Second Session, on May 29, 31, June 1, 2, 5-9, 12-15, 1944Considers (78) H.R. 4485. |
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... flow retardation and soil - erosion prevention on watersheds shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the Department of Agriculutr under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture , except as other- wise provided ...
... flow retardation and soil - erosion prevention on watersheds shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the Department of Agriculutr under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture , except as other- wise provided ...
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... flow retardation and soil - erosion prevention on watersheds may be expended during any one fiscal year for such emergency measures . " Passed the House of Representatives May 9 , 1944 . Attest : SOUTH TRIMBLE , Clerk . Senator OVERTON ...
... flow retardation and soil - erosion prevention on watersheds may be expended during any one fiscal year for such emergency measures . " Passed the House of Representatives May 9 , 1944 . Attest : SOUTH TRIMBLE , Clerk . Senator OVERTON ...
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... flow of water ? Colonel GOETHALS . The floods are frequent in this basin , and occur at all times of the year ; but the most severe ones are expected during the hurricane season from July to October ; because of the flat slopes ...
... flow of water ? Colonel GOETHALS . The floods are frequent in this basin , and occur at all times of the year ; but the most severe ones are expected during the hurricane season from July to October ; because of the flat slopes ...
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... flow . This has been accomplished by open channel improvement below mile 188 and by the construction of the new Sa- vannah bluff lock and dam at the point indicated . Senator OVERTON . Is 6 feet the minimum controlled depth in ordi ...
... flow . This has been accomplished by open channel improvement below mile 188 and by the construction of the new Sa- vannah bluff lock and dam at the point indicated . Senator OVERTON . Is 6 feet the minimum controlled depth in ordi ...
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... flows gen- erally westerly for a distance of about 90 miles to Lake Champlain , which it enters about 4 miles north of the city of Burlington . Senator OVERTON . Does the Winooski River flow through any other States than Vermont ...
... flows gen- erally westerly for a distance of about 90 miles to Lake Champlain , which it enters about 4 miles north of the city of Burlington . Senator OVERTON . Does the Winooski River flow through any other States than Vermont ...
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acre-feet acres agencies agricultural Arkansas Army engineers authorized BASHORE benefits Bureau of Reclamation Calif California Central Valley project Chairman CHEADLE Chief of Engineers CLARK of Missouri Colonel GOETHALS Colonel REBER Congress conservation construction Corps of Engineers County Creek crops Department farm feet flood control flood protection flood-control bill flood-control project Garrison Dam Governor SHARPE harbor bill hearings high dam House Document improvement interests Interior Kern River Kings River levees ment miles Mississippi Missouri River Basin multiple-purpose navigation objection operation percent Pick plan proposed purposes question recommendations Representative river and harbor ROBINS Sacramento River San Joaquin River Secretary Senator AIKEN Senator AUSTIN Senator BURTON Senator CLARK Senator CORDON Senator MCCLELLAN Senator MILLIKIN Senator OVERTON Senator ROBERTSON Shasta Dam statement storage streams subcommittee Table Mountain Dam tion tributaries Tulare Lake Tuolumne River United West Williamsville