Author: Joseph L. Arnold
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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The Evolution of the 1936 Flood Control Act
Author: Joseph L. Arnold
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Publisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Miscellaneous River and Harbor Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors
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Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 87-11. Considers legislation on San Diego beach erosion, bridge authorities annual audits, Marina del Rey Small Craft Harbor, Los Angeles, Duluth-Superior Harbor project modification, Texas reservoir land conveyance, and Freeport Harbor Project, Tex., construction.
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Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 87-11. Considers legislation on San Diego beach erosion, bridge authorities annual audits, Marina del Rey Small Craft Harbor, Los Angeles, Duluth-Superior Harbor project modification, Texas reservoir land conveyance, and Freeport Harbor Project, Tex., construction.
New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309060974
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been one of the federal government's key agencies in planning the uses of the nation's waterways and water resources. Though responsible for a range of water-related programs, the Corps's two traditional programs have been flood damage reduction and navigation enhancement. The water resource needs of the nation, however, have for decades been shifting away from engineered control of watersheds toward restoration of ecosystem services and natural hydrologic variability. In response to these shifting needs, legislation was enacted in 1990 which initiated the Corps's involvement in ecological restoration, which is now on par with the Corps's traditional flood damage reduction and navigation roles. This book provides an analysis of the Corps's efforts in ecological restoration, and provides broader recommendations on how the corps might streamline their planning process. It also assesses the impacts of federal legislation on the Corps planning and projects, and provides recommendations on how relevant federal policies might be altered in order to improve Corps planning. Another important shift affecting the Corps has been federal cost-sharing arrangements (enacted in 1986), mandating greater financial participation in Corps water projects by local co-sponsors. The book describes how this has affected the Corps-sponsor relationship, and comments upon how each group must adjust to new planning and political realities.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309060974
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been one of the federal government's key agencies in planning the uses of the nation's waterways and water resources. Though responsible for a range of water-related programs, the Corps's two traditional programs have been flood damage reduction and navigation enhancement. The water resource needs of the nation, however, have for decades been shifting away from engineered control of watersheds toward restoration of ecosystem services and natural hydrologic variability. In response to these shifting needs, legislation was enacted in 1990 which initiated the Corps's involvement in ecological restoration, which is now on par with the Corps's traditional flood damage reduction and navigation roles. This book provides an analysis of the Corps's efforts in ecological restoration, and provides broader recommendations on how the corps might streamline their planning process. It also assesses the impacts of federal legislation on the Corps planning and projects, and provides recommendations on how relevant federal policies might be altered in order to improve Corps planning. Another important shift affecting the Corps has been federal cost-sharing arrangements (enacted in 1986), mandating greater financial participation in Corps water projects by local co-sponsors. The book describes how this has affected the Corps-sponsor relationship, and comments upon how each group must adjust to new planning and political realities.
Gleason Creek, Nevada
Author: United States. Engineers Corps
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Publisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309177812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309177812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
River and Harbor--Flood Control Act of 1957
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Flood Control: Rivers and Harbors
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Category : Beach erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
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Category : Beach erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
River and Harbor Bill
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Publisher:
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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River and Harbor - Flood Control Act of 1957
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Omnibus River and Harbor and Flood Control Act--1970
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 2110
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 2110
Book Description
Terrorism
Author: K. Lee Lerner
Publisher: Social Issues Essential Primar
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Presents approximately 150 primary source documents, such as speeches, legislation, memoirs, newspaper articles, and interviews, related to terrorism between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.
Publisher: Social Issues Essential Primar
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Presents approximately 150 primary source documents, such as speeches, legislation, memoirs, newspaper articles, and interviews, related to terrorism between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.