Flood-control Plans and New Projects, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944 - Flood control |
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... Creek . Conewango Creek . Connecticut River Basin_ Coquille River_ Fountaine Que Bouille River_ . Galena River .. Hocking River_ 114 114 117 189 116 117 66 67 90 90 67 68 51 52 112 112 111 112 91 92 69 70 Housatonic River_ . 53 53 ...
... Creek . Conewango Creek . Connecticut River Basin_ Coquille River_ Fountaine Que Bouille River_ . Galena River .. Hocking River_ 114 114 117 189 116 117 66 67 90 90 67 68 51 52 112 112 111 112 91 92 69 70 Housatonic River_ . 53 53 ...
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... Creek and tributaries in Colorado , authorized in 1941 ? Colonel PICK . We are preparing the definite project report on that project at this time . We are making good progress on getting this project ready for construction . The ...
... Creek and tributaries in Colorado , authorized in 1941 ? Colonel PICK . We are preparing the definite project report on that project at this time . We are making good progress on getting this project ready for construction . The ...
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... Creek at Council Bluffs or in the vicinity of Schuyler , Nebr . ? Colonel PICK . No , sir . The CHAIRMAN . We have a number of resolutions pending before the committee , all of which are to one general effect . Among other reso- lutions ...
... Creek at Council Bluffs or in the vicinity of Schuyler , Nebr . ? Colonel PICK . No , sir . The CHAIRMAN . We have a number of resolutions pending before the committee , all of which are to one general effect . Among other reso- lutions ...
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... Creeks , tributaries of the Santa Ana River , tore out the tracks of the Union Pacific , Santa Fe , and Southern Pacific Railroads and the Pa- cific Electric Railway and forced suspension of all service to and from the East for 48 hours ...
... Creeks , tributaries of the Santa Ana River , tore out the tracks of the Union Pacific , Santa Fe , and Southern Pacific Railroads and the Pa- cific Electric Railway and forced suspension of all service to and from the East for 48 hours ...
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... Creek and tributaries , Jefferson and Harrison Counties , Ohio . Hocking River , Ohio , and in the vicinity of Athens , Ohio . Cheat River , W. Va ... Youghiogheny River , Pa . and Md . Conewango Creek and Davis Brook , N. Y. Moose and ...
... Creek and tributaries , Jefferson and Harrison Counties , Ohio . Hocking River , Ohio , and in the vicinity of Athens , Ohio . Cheat River , W. Va ... Youghiogheny River , Pa . and Md . Conewango Creek and Davis Brook , N. Y. Moose and ...
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acre-feet acres additional agencies annual approved Arkansas River Army engineers Bayou BEARD benefits Bureau of Reclamation capacity CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers Colonel GOETHALS Colonel HALL Colonel PICK committee completed conservation construction Corps of Engineers County Creek crops discharge district engineer drainage ELLIOTT estimated cost feet Flood Control Act flood damages flow Fort Smith Grand River Dam hearings HENDERSON House Document improvements interests irrigation June Kansas KAUPKE Kaweah Kern River kilowatt-hours kilowatts Kings River land levees Louisiana Major General ROBINS maximum miles Mississippi River Missouri River navigation Okla Oklahoma operation Ouachita River Pensacola Dam percent plant pool POULSON proposed rainfall recommended record Red River reservoir REYBOLD River Basin run-off San Joaquin River San Joaquin Valley second-feet spillway statement storage streams submitted tion tributaries Tulare Lake Tule River United upper water supply waterway WRIGHT
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Page 279 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 279 - The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors concurs in general in the views and recommendations of the reporting officers.
Page 420 - 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 279 - ... changes; (c) complete the enlargement of the channel of Miles Creek and restore the channel capacities of Black Rascal, Burns, Bear, Owens, and Mariposa Creeks in accordance with the plan of the district engineer...
Page 275 - ... of $500,000, would therefore be fair and equitable both to local interests and to the United States. "10. I recommend construction of the Pine Flat Reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 1,000,000 acre-feet and of the supplemental channel improvement work ; all substantially as outlined in the report of the Board, at an estimated total first cost of...
Page 1 - HoUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 am, Hon.
Page 284 - Congress to apply in considering these water projects, in my opinion, would be that the dominant interest should determine which agency should build and which should operate the project. Projects in which flood control or navigation clearly dominate are those in which the interest of the Corps of Engineers is superior and projects in which irrigation and related conservation uses dominate fall into the legitimate field of the Bureau of Reclamation.
Page 284 - December 17, 1!)43, both printed in House Document 475. Tributary reservoirs should, when advisable from the standpoint of basin-wide development, be constructed, operated, and maintained by the agency with dominant interest under existing law. In all reservoirs, utilization of storage for flood control should be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War and utilization of storage for irrigation should be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 284 - On May 29, 1940, the President advised the Secretary that he had reviewed the reports on the project made by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers, War Department, and concluded that the project is "dominantly an irrigation undertaking and is suited to operation and maintenance under the reclamation law.
Page 419 - The improvement of the Trinity River and tributaries, Texas, for navigation, flood control, and allied purposes is hereby approved and authorized in accordance with the reports contained in House Document Numbered 403, Seventy-seventh Congress...