Author: United States. Federal Power CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Annual Report - Federal Power Commission
Author: United States. Federal Power CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Water Code
Author: TexasConfronting the Nation's Water Problems
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030916589X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented among nearly 20 federal agencies. Given the competition for water among farmers, communities, aquatic ecosystems and other users-as well as emerging challenges such as climate change and the threat of waterborne diseases-Confronting the Nation's Water Problems concludes that an additional $70 million in federal funding should go annually to water research. Funding should go specifically to the areas of water demand and use, water supply augmentation, and other institutional research topics. The book notes that overall federal funding for water research has been stagnant in real terms for the past 30 years and that the portion dedicated to research on water use and social science topics has declined considerably.
Federal and State Control of Water Power
Author: Julia Emily JohnsenPublisher:
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Category : Government ownership
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The Evolution of the 1936 Flood Control Act
Author: Joseph L. ArnoldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
State Control of Water Resources
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and PowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Compilation of Regulations
Author: United States. Federal Aviation AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airspace (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Rivers by Design
Author: Karen M. O'NeillPublisher: Duke University Press Books
ISBN: 9780822337607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Federal-State Relations in the Field of Water Rights
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Water rights
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Federal-State Relations in the Field of Water Rights
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Irrigation and ReclamationPublisher:
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Category : Water rights
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 9. Considers H.R. 1234 and related bills, to make Federal agencies comply with state laws that govern control, appropriation, use, and distribution of each state's water systems and resources.