1964

ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30

CHIEF OF ENGINEERS
U.S. ARMY

CIVIL WORKS ACTIVITIES

PERTAINING TO RIVERS AND HARBORS, FLOOD
CONTROL, BEACH EROSION CONTROL

AND RELATED PURPOSES

Volume 1

Letter of Transmittal.

Highlights....

Feature Articles-Reaction of an Engineering Agency of the Federal

Government to the Civil Engineering Graduate____

Water Management of the Columbia River.

Sediment Investigations Program of the Corps of

Engineers..

CHAPTER

Water Resource Development-San Francisco Bay----

The Fisheries-Engineering Research Program of the

North Pacific Division...

I. A PROGRAM FOR WATER RESOURCE DEVELOP-

MENT..

1. Scope and status----

2. Organization----

II. BENEFITS..

1. Navigation---

2. Flood control...

3. Hydroelectric power..

4. Water supply---

5. Public recreation use_

6. Fish and wildlife___

III. PLANNING_---

1. Policy and procedures-----

2. International boundary waters...

3. Project development----.

4. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors..

5. Coastal Engineering Research Center.

6. Advance engineering and design__-

7. Collection and study of basic data.

8. Research and development_

IV. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS...

1. Navigation-----

2. Beach erosion control_-

3. Flood control (general)..

4. Multiple-purpose projects including power.--

5. Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries.

6. Operations (general).

V. FUNDING------

1. Funds available..

2. Appropriations.-

3. Expenditures (costs).

VI. OTHER ACTIVITIES...

1. St. Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineers__--

2. Flood fighting and other emergency operations---

3. Protection of navigable waters– –

4. Hydraulic mining, California.

5. Nuclear explosive studies for civil construction_.

6. Lake Survey---

7. Washington, D.C., water supply...

8. Foreign technical assistance____

9. Publications--

10. Directory of installations and activities_

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