Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
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Category : Inland water transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Author: Texas
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309060974
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 121

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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.

Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030916589X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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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.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
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Category : Federal aid to water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Water Resources Management, Instream Flows, and Salmon Survival in the Columbia River Basin
Publisher: National Academy Press
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Author: Joseph L. Arnold
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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