Title |
Ten rivers in America's future, from volume 2, the Report of the President's Water Resources Policy Commission |
Creator |
United States. Water Resources Policy Commission |
Subject |
Rivers; Water resources development; Water-supply; Hydraulic engineering |
Spatial Coverage |
United States |
OCR Text |
Show Report consists of ten basin studies prepared as background data for policy studies. no. 1. The Columbia.--no. 2. The Central Valley of California.--no. 3. The Missouri.--no. 4. The Rio Grande.--no. |
Publisher |
U.S. Government Printing Office |
Date |
1950 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications |
Digitized by Backstage Library Works. Pages were scanned at 400 ppi on Fujitsu fi-5650C sheetfed scanner as 8-bit grayscale or 24-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. For ContentDM access the images were resampled to 750 pixels wide and 120 dpi and saved as JPEG (level 8) in PhotoShop CS with Unsharp Mask of 100/.3. Foldout pages larger than 11" x 14" were captured using a BetterLight Super 8K-2 digital camera back on a 4x5 view camera (100mm Schneider APO lens). Oversize images were resampled to 1500 pixels wide. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) by ABBYY FineReader 7.0 with manual review. |
Resource Identifier |
http://content.lib.utah.edu/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/wwdl-doc&CISOPTR=1448 |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
Western Waters Digital Library |
Rights Management |
Digital Image Copyright 2005, Marriott Library, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved. |
Contributing Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, 295 S 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0860 |
Source Physical Dimensions |
Book 801 p. ; 26 cm. |
Scanning Technician |
Backstage Library Works, 1180 S. 800 E., Orem, UT 84097 |
Call Number |
LC: HD1694.A5 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6r210r8 |
Setname |
wwdl_documents |
ID |
1140007 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r210r8 |
Title |
table of contents viii |
OCR Text |
Show No. 2. THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA Chapter 1 Page REGIONAL CHARACTER AND PROB- LEMS .................81 The Basin's Significance . . . Physical Character- istics . . . Population . . . Nature of the Economy . . . Present Forms of Resource Use . . . Major Basin Problems and Potentialities. Chapter 2 STREAMS AND GROUND WATER . . 87 Chapter 3 WATER DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, OP- PORTUNITIES, AND PROGRAMS ... 89 Irrigation . . . Hydroelectric Power . . . Naviga- tion ... Public Water Supply... Flood Protection... Watershed Control Upstream and Related Land Programs . . . Recreation, Fisheries, and Wildlife . . . Special Developments . . . Multiple-Purpose Aspect! of the Program. Chapter 4 Page PROJECT ECONOMICS, ACCOUNTING, AND REPAYMENT..........105 Development Program as a Whole . . . Hydroelec- tric Power . . . Irrigation . . . Navigation . . . Flood Control . . . Debris Control . . . Fish and Wildlife. Chapter 5 POLICY PROBLEMS AND THEIR RELA- TION TO PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT . 109 Distribution of Benefits and Responsibilities . . . Conflicts in Beneficial Use . . . The Character of Development . . . Program Procedures. Chapter 6 ELEMENTS OF A PLAN FOR FULL DE- VELOPMENT .............149 Ultimate Objectives of the Plan . . . Stages in At- taining Full Development . . . The Future Region . . . Achieving Water Development Objectives. No. 3. THE MISSOURI Chapter 1 Chapter 4 THE BASIN AND ITS REGIONAL PROB- LEMS .................161 The Land and Climate ... Some Features of Settle- ment . . -Regions Within the Basin . . . Summary of Major Problems. Chapter 2 THE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. . 171 Chapter 3 WATER DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, OP- PORTUNITIES, AND PROGRAMS ... 175 Hydroelectric Power . . . Irrigation . .. Flood Con- trol . . . ^Navigation . . . Municipal and Industrial Water Supply . . . Watershed Management . . . Recreation and Fish and Wildlife . . . Multiple- Purpose Aspects of the Program. PROJECT ECONOMICS........187 Development Program as a Whole . . . Hydro- electric Power . . . Irrigation . . . Navigation ...» Flood Control. . . Fish and Wildlife. Chapter 5 POLICY PROBLEMS AND THEIR RE- LATION TO PLANS FOR DEVELOP- MENT.................193 The Character of Development . . . Land Prob- lems . . . Problems Related to Inundation . . . Dis- tribution of Benefits and Responsibilities . . . Inter- relations Among Proposed Programs, and Their Re- lation to Existing Developments. Chapter 6 ELEMENTS OF A PROGRAM FOR ULTI- MATE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.............273 Ultimate Objectives of the Program . . . Rate of Development... Progress in Attainment of Ultimate Objectives . . . The Future Basin. VIII |
Format |
application/pdf |
Resource Identifier |
012-UUM-TenRivers_table of contents viii.jpg |
Source |
Ten Rivers In America's Future |
Setname |
wwdl_documents |
ID |
1139173 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r210r8/1139173 |