Third Report of the Board of Water Engineers for the State of Texas

Third Report of the Board of Water Engineers for the State of Texas PDF

Author: Texas Board of Water Engineers

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Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9781331977476

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Excerpt from Third Report of the Board of Water Engineers for the State of Texas: Covering the Two Year Period From September 1, 1916, to August 31, 1918, Inclusive To Honorable W. P. Hobby, Governor of Texas, Executive Office. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the Third Report of the Board of Water Engineers for the State of Texas, covering the biennium from September 1, 1916, to August 31, 1918. In this report the Board has given, with as minute detail as is practicable, a complete statement of the operations of this department, in the administration of the law, relating to the water resources of the State; in the measurement of stream flow; the determination of the duty of water in irrigation; the conservation and use of storm and flood water; the inspection of streams; the satisfactory settlement of all controversies relating to the distribution and use of all public waters; and the adjudication and determination of all existing claims of right in certain Texas streams. There is also embodied a complete statement of all expenditures, and recommendation of the appropriations deemed necessary to the success of this work during the next two fiscal years. It is the request of the Board that this report be printed. 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.