Flood Control Projects

Download or read book The Evolution of the 1936 Flood Control Act written by Joseph L. Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Flood control projects written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rivers by Design written by Karen M. O'Neill and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2006-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has one of the largest and costliest flood control systems in the world, even though only a small proportion of its land lies in floodplains. Rivers by Design traces the emergence of the mammoth U.S. flood management system, which is overseen by the federal government but implemented in conjunction with state governments and local contractors and levee districts. Karen M. O’Neill analyzes the social origins of the flood control program, showing how the system initially developed as a response to the demands of farmers and the business elite in outlying territories. The configuration of the current system continues to reflect decisions made in the nineteenth century and early twentieth. It favors economic development at the expense of environmental concerns. O’Neill focuses on the creation of flood control programs along the lower Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, the first two rivers to receive federal flood control aid. She describes how, in the early to mid-nineteenth century, planters, shippers, and merchants from both regions campaigned for federal assistance with flood control efforts. She explains how the federal government was slowly and reluctantly drawn into water management to the extent that, over time, nearly every river in the United States was reengineered. Her narrative culminates in the passage of the national Flood Control Act of 1936, which empowered the Army Corps of Engineers to build projects for all navigable rivers in conjunction with local authorities, effectively ending nationwide, comprehensive planning for the protection of water resources.

Download or read book Emergency Flood Control Projects (Four Mile Run, Va., Potomac River Basin, James River Basin, Virginia, Greenbrier River, W. Va., and Souris River, North Dakota) written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Flood Control: Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 91-19. Includes photographs and maps of water basins and flood areas discussed.

Download or read book Emergency Flood Control Projects (Four Mile Run, Va., Potomac River Basin, James River Basin, Va., Greenbrier River, W. Va., and Souris River, N.D.), Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Flood Control - Rivers and Harbors ...91-1. Sept. 17-18, 1969, Serial No. 91-19 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Flood Control Plans and New Projects written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book River and Harbor Beach Erosion Control, and Flood Control Project written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: