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Title: |
Water Resources & the Army Corps of Engineers |
| Sub-title: |
Management Activities & Safety Preparations |
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| Edited by: |
Harry Foster |
| ISBN10-13: |
1536104205 : 9781536104202 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
230x155mm |
| Pages: |
114 |
| Weight: |
.190 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc - December 2016 |
| List Price: |
78.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Water supply & treatment |
| The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is the worlds 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. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Army Corps of Engineers: Efforts to Assess the Impact of Extreme Weather Events; Levee Safety: Army Corps & FEMA Have Made Little Progress in Carrying Out Required Activities; Army Corps of Engineers: Actions Needed to Improve Cost Sharing for Dam Safety Repairs; Army Corps of Engineers: Additional Steps Needed for Review & Revision of Water Control Manuals; Index. |
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