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Water resources and the Army Corps of Engineers : management activities and safety preparations / Harry M. Foster, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
- Environmental science, engineering and technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- United States.
- Water resources development--United States.
- Water resources development.
- Water-supply.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (121 pages) : color illustrations, map.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Novinka, [2016]
- Summary:
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agency, with water resources infrastructure in every state, authorized for various purposes including navigation, flood and coastal storm damage reduction, hydropower, and water supply. The Corps plans, designs, and operates water resources infrastructure projects, such as dams, levees, hurricane barriers, floodwalls, and floodgates, that may be affected by extreme weather events. This book discusses the Army Corps of Engineers and their water resource work in the areas of extreme weather events; levee safety; dam safety (cost sharing of repairs); and operations/water control manuals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 21, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-5361-0421-3
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