Development of the Rivers of the United States: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Preliminary Report on a Comprehensive Plan for the Improvement and Development of the Rivers of the United States with a View of Giving the Congress Information for the Guidance of Legislation which Will Provide for the Maximum Amount of Flood Control, Navigation, Irrigation, and Development of Hydroelectric PowerU.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - 423 Seiten |
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... discharge . This work which has been in progress for 40 years , is carried on in practically every State , the cost being shared to a large extent by cooperating State and municipal agencies . The records are used constantly by ...
... discharge . This work which has been in progress for 40 years , is carried on in practically every State , the cost being shared to a large extent by cooperating State and municipal agencies . The records are used constantly by ...
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... discharged the sewage of cities , the effluents of industrial plants , and other water that has been polluted by man . In ... discharge large quantities of efflu- ents should be required to remove those chemicals or offensive wastes that ...
... discharged the sewage of cities , the effluents of industrial plants , and other water that has been polluted by man . In ... discharge large quantities of efflu- ents should be required to remove those chemicals or offensive wastes that ...
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... discharge of about 12,500 cubic feet per second , or 1.84 cubic feet per second per square mile . The maximum recorded discharge was about 290,000 cubic feet per second and the minimum was 1,240 cubic feet per second . The southern part ...
... discharge of about 12,500 cubic feet per second , or 1.84 cubic feet per second per square mile . The maximum recorded discharge was about 290,000 cubic feet per second and the minimum was 1,240 cubic feet per second . The southern part ...
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... discharge of the coal - industry wastes into the rivers is preventable at the source and studies should be made as to means to be taken to effect such pre- vention . Sewage pollution at Philadelphia is so great as to render animal life ...
... discharge of the coal - industry wastes into the rivers is preventable at the source and studies should be made as to means to be taken to effect such pre- vention . Sewage pollution at Philadelphia is so great as to render animal life ...
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... discharge of 360,000 second - feet at Augusta and the latter had a computed dis- charge of 350,000 second - feet at the same point . Above Augusta there are no cities or villages located near enough to the river or its tributaries to be ...
... discharge of 360,000 second - feet at Augusta and the latter had a computed dis- charge of 350,000 second - feet at the same point . Above Augusta there are no cities or villages located near enough to the river or its tributaries to be ...
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Seite 53 - ... mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same; and the right-of-way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Seite 53 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Seite 54 - ... for canals, ditches, pipes and pipe lines, flumes, tunnels, or other water conduits, and for water plants, dams, and reservoirs used to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manufacturing or cutting of timber and lumber, or the supplying of water for domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses...
Seite 55 - ... assigned in whole or in part, even though water-right application has been filed for the land in connection with the Government reclamation project, or application for an extension of time in which to submit proof on the entry has been submitted, under the Act of June 27, 1906 (34 Stat. 520; 43 USC 448), as amended by the Act of June 6, 1930 (46 Stat. 502; 43 USC 448), requiring reduction of the area of the entry to one farm unit.
Seite 294 - MH moves through the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River to Lake Erie, a distance of about 84 miles, and there is no definite control section which determines the volume of outflow.
Seite 167 - This unit was established in 1931 by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture for research in health hazards of food constituents and contaminants, spray residues, and insecticides.
Seite 297 - Lawrence forming a part of the boundary between the State of New York and the Province of Ontario.
Seite 51 - Act; for recompensing it for the use, occupancy, and enjoyment of its lands or other property ; and for the expropriation to the Government of excessive profits until the respective States shall make provision for preventing excessive profits or for the expropriation thereof to themselves, or until the period of amortization as herein provided is reached...