Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Draft Environmental Impact Statements for Proposed Water Contracting Programs in the Sacramento River, American River, and Delta Export Service Areas: December 1988
Many additional features of the cvp have since been completed. Impetus for the great dams came from farmers and townspeople who returned the costs of construe tion many times over - not only in dollars, but in the food, fiber, jobs, energy, and investments that they have contributed to America's prosperity. As the West has grown and water resource needs have increased, Reclamation's mission has expanded as well. In addition to irrigation, its responsibilities now extend to hydroelectric power generation, municipal and indus trial water supplies, n'ver regula tion and flood control, outdoor recreation, improvement and pro lection of fish and wildlife habi tats, and water quality control. Iarea would affect portion-si or all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
