River Regulation Flood Control and Water Conservation and Utilization

<p>This volume contains the official record of hearings held before the Committee on Commerce of the United States Senate during the Sixty-Fourth Congress Second Session. The hearings focused on H.R. 14777 a proposed Act to Provide for the Control of Floods of the Mississippi. Testimony and evidence presented during these sessions address various aspects of river regulation flood control strategies and the conservation and utilization of water resources.</p> <p>The document provides valuable insight into the engineering legal and political considerations surrounding water management in the early 20th century United States. It is a significant primary source for researchers and historians interested in the development of flood control policies the role of the federal government in environmental management and the history of the Mississippi River.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>