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Show TABLE 1.-Federal resources investment budget capital Investment in assets 1951 1952 1953, etc., to 1970 Power facilities: Dams Reservoirs________________________ Power plants Transmission_________ . . . . Navigation facilities: "Dams ,, „ ........ Harbors ________________________ Channel improvement______________ Canals and locks_________________ T^nw Tlftvipatinn dams Flood control: ¦Ret«nti<vn dams Levees and floodways____________ Flood forecasting _____________ Irrigation facilities: Main canals_______________________ Laterals ________________________ Drainage__________________________ Soil conservation_____________________ Forest conservation__________________ Range management_______________..... Watershed management in aid of flood control . _______________._______ . Water supply: Pollution control _________ Ground water recharge___________ Drainage_________________________ Fish and wildlife: Fish ladders______________________ Fish propagation_____________ . Wildlife management_______________ Recreation: Parks, wilderness areas___________ Structures -___•___________ Shore facilities_____________________ Total............................. Percent of- Total Federal budget_______________ Gross national product____________.. Gross public and private investment. TABLE 2.-Federal resources operation and maintenance program Justification for Program and Budget The program would be accompanied by a jus- tification stating the national and basin objectives toward which it was directed, the resources at the disposal of the various basins, and the extent to which investment was needed to realize their full potentialities. It would indicate the public and private benefits expected to accrue from the investment. It would indicate the additions to local, State, and national income which were an- ticipated, the extent to which new industries and businesses were expected to enter the region, the new employment opportunities which would re- sult, and the advantages to be derived from im- proved fish and wildlife habitat and increased opportunities for recreation. It would also be accompanied by estimates of the monetary returns to be expected from the program, whether those returns would accrue to private individuals, to local or State governments, or to the Federal Government. Special em- phasis would be placed upon the primary and secondary benefits which would flow to individ- uals, with a view to showing the extent to which reimbursement for such benefits could be collected either by direct charges for the sale of electric power or through assessment districts or other provision for which the States would be respon- sible. A part of the monetary returns provided by the program would come from increased private investment in the area. Irrigation projects put money in the pockets of town merchants; flood- control projects result in great savings to individ- uals; navigation projects often bestow a direct price advantage on nearby farmers; and other projects have similar effects. The size of these benefits and their distribution throughout the economy are both an offset to cost and an indica- tion of the value of the programs. The national development program and justi- fication would provide the basis for an estimate of appropriations in the form of annual renewable resources budgets. The total sum recommended by the river basin commission would be allocated to the appropriate agencies. 91 Operation and maintenance 1951 1952 ^'mo' Multiple-purpose reservoir operations................................ Power operations..................................................... Navigation operations................................................ Flood control operations_____________......_____________________ Irrigation operations.................................................. Drainage operations.................................................. Watershed management___.......................................... Water supply operations_____....................................... Fish and wildlife operations...........-.............................. Recreation operations_________________---------.....______________ Research and basic data.............................................. Planning___________________ ______ ___________--___. Administrative and general expenses................................. Total____...................................................... |