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Show Page 8 Following this method of Attack a total of about 140 projects hare been quickly investigatedo Of this number 75 hare been tentatively approved for inclusion in the emergency drouth relief programo While some of the proposed projects are more complete as to engineering design and details of cost than are others, it was not intended that the data assembled in a manner necessary to meet an emergency should be complete as to method or detail* The estimates submitted herewith, however, are within the experience of qualified engineersa It is contemplated that additional worthy projects will yet be submitted* Every project is designed to meet an actual emergency and they will be worth many times their oost in value of crops saved* After the present emergency is passed the investment in the proposed works will not be lost* Much of it may be salvaged or left as a permanent source of supplemental water to meet emergencies in future years. |