Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government: Water Resources and Power Report : Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, November 21 and 22, 1955, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - 3036 pages |
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... percent cost shar- ing by " clearly identifiable non - Federal beneficiaries " ; and that even in the case of Federal participation in the construction of a project the operation and maintenance costs should be paid by non - Federal ...
... percent cost shar- ing by " clearly identifiable non - Federal beneficiaries " ; and that even in the case of Federal participation in the construction of a project the operation and maintenance costs should be paid by non - Federal ...
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... percent of the Delaware watershed above Port Jervis . Had the storage capacity of these reservoirs not been available , the flood flows at Port Jervis would have been about 15 percent greater than they were , which would have increased ...
... percent of the Delaware watershed above Port Jervis . Had the storage capacity of these reservoirs not been available , the flood flows at Port Jervis would have been about 15 percent greater than they were , which would have increased ...
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... percent , with a correspondingly larger percentage reduction at critical upstream points in the river , such as Easton , Pa . , and Phil- lipsburg , N. J. This 20 - percent reduction in peak flows at Trenton would have reduced flood ...
... percent , with a correspondingly larger percentage reduction at critical upstream points in the river , such as Easton , Pa . , and Phil- lipsburg , N. J. This 20 - percent reduction in peak flows at Trenton would have reduced flood ...
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... the average approximately $ 1 billion a year on water - resources projects . Of this amount , roughly 75 percent has been expended on water projects in 20 States , all 12 ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
... the average approximately $ 1 billion a year on water - resources projects . Of this amount , roughly 75 percent has been expended on water projects in 20 States , all 12 ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
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... percent of the total collections . In contrast , Federal expenditures for water projects in the other 28 States from which 79 percent of Federal revenues are collected amount to only 25 percent of the Federal water - resources budget ...
... percent of the total collections . In contrast , Federal expenditures for water projects in the other 28 States from which 79 percent of Federal revenues are collected amount to only 25 percent of the Federal water - resources budget ...
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agencies Army engineers authorized Bear Creek Reservoir believe benefits Brandywine Chairman CLARK coal Colonel RENSHAW committee concerned Congress conservation construction Corps of Engineers cost damage dams Dela Delaware Basin Delaware River Basin Delaware Valley economic Electric Cooperative electric power enterprise estimated farm Federal Government feel flood control going Herbert Hoover Hoover Commission report hurricane Hurricane Diane hydroelectric power INCODEL INCODEL plan industrial Jersey JONES kilowatt-hours kilowatts Lackawanna River Lehigh LIPSCOMB MCLEAN ment million gallons Monroe County Mount Pocono multiple-purpose navigation NICHOLSON operation organization Pennsylvania percent Philadelphia PITKIN plant Pocono pollution present private utilities projects rates recent flood recommendations Resources and Power responsibility result REUSS rural electric Scranton statement stream subcommittee SWAIN task force task-force report taxes Thank thing THOMPSON tion Trenton tributaries ware River water resources water supply watershed WENNER YETTER