Report of the U.S. Army Engineers describing the geography of the mouth of the Trinity River and Anahuac Channel including the likelihood of floods and benefits of flood control, as well as proposals to adjust the Wallisville Reservoir and to create a nearby national wildlife refuge.
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[Interim Review of Reports]: Wallisville Reservoir Trinity River, Texas
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Wallisville Reservoir, Trinity River, Texas: Letter From the Secretary of the Army Transmitting a Letter From the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, Dated April 18, 1961, Submitting a Report, Together With Accompanying Papers and Illustrations, on an Interim Report on Wallisville Reservoir, Trinity River, Texas, Requested by Resolutions of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, and the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, Adopted March 31, 1944, February 28, 1945, and January 20, 1958, Respectively. It Is Also in Partial Response to the River and Harbor Act Approved July 3, 1968, Which Authorized a Survey of Trinity River, Texas
Added Title:
Interim Review of Reports on Trinity River and Tributaries, Texas (Wallisville Reservoir)
Report of the U.S. Army Engineers describing the geography of the mouth of the Trinity River and Anahuac Channel including the likelihood of floods and benefits of flood control, as well as proposals to adjust the Wallisville Reservoir and to create a nearby national wildlife refuge.
Physical Description
xxii, 186 p. : ill., maps
Notes
"July 24, 1961. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with two illustrations"
Contents: Letter of transmittal -- Comments of the Bureau of the Budget -- Comments of the Governor of Texas -- Letter to the Governor of Texas -- Comments of the Governor of Texas -- Comments of the Department of the Interior -- Comments of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior -- Comments of the Department of Agriculture -- Comments of the Public Health Service -- Comments of the Federal Power Commission -- Report of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army -- Report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors -- Report of the District Engineer: Syllabus | Authority | Reports reviewed | Description| Economic development | Climate | Precipitation | Evaporation | Runoff | Low flows | Floods | Existing Corps of Engineers' project | Related projects | Mouth of Trinity River, Texas | Anhuac Channel, Texas | Improvement by Federal agencies | Improvement by non-Federal agencies | Improvement desired | Water problems | Plans investigated | Considerations in project development | Plan C | Estimated reservoir yields | Recreational development | National wildlife refuge | First cost--Wallisville reservoir | First cost--National wildlife refuge | Annual charges--Wallisville reservoir | Annual charges--National wildlife refuge | Estimates of benefits | Benefits of wildlife refuge | Project formulation and economic justification | Proposed local cooperation | Allocation of cost among purposes | Apportionment of cost among interests | Coordination with other agencies | Discussions | Conclusions | Recommendations -- Recommendations of the Division Engineer
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United States. Department of the Army. Office, Chief of Engineers.[Interim Review of Reports]: Wallisville Reservoir Trinity River, Texas,
report,
January 9, 1962;
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