Research Article
Jan 1929
Power as Affecting Flood Control
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 93, Issue 1
Abstract
Power development and flood control are so often incompatible that, from the standpoint of power development, one more readily states the subject of this paper in the inverted order, namely, flood control as affecting power development. As a practical matter, consideration of power development in connection with flood control presupposes the use of reservoirs for such purposes. Some proponents of flood control conceive of benefits to power development as one of the economic justifications for control of floods by means of reservoirs. Proponents of water power development, on the other hand, are disposed to have misgivings whenever it is proposed to couple the use of storage capacity for flood control with that for power development. However, the two uses are not intrinsically, even if frequently, antagonistic, and it behooves one to analyze more deeply in order properly to appraise the effect of the one on the other.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Copyright
© 1929 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Published in print: Jan 1929
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
Permissions
Request permissions for this article.
Authors
Affiliations
F. W. Scheidenhelm, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr. (Mead & Scheidenhelm), New York, N. Y.
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.
View Options
Get Access
Access content
Please select your options to get access
Log in/Register
Log in via your institution (Shibboleth)
ASCE Members:
Please log in to see member pricing
Purchase
Save for later Item saved, go to cart Information on ASCE Library Cards
ASCE Library Cards let you download journal articles, proceedings papers, and available book chapters across the entire ASCE Library platform. ASCE Library Cards remain active for 24 months or until all downloads are used. Note: This content will be debited as one download at time of checkout.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.
Get Access
Access content
Please select your options to get access
Log in/Register
Log in via your institution (Shibboleth)
ASCE Members:
Please log in to see member pricing
Purchase
Save for later Item saved, go to cart Information on ASCE Library Cards
ASCE Library Cards let you download journal articles, proceedings papers, and available book chapters across the entire ASCE Library platform. ASCE Library Cards remain active for 24 months or until all downloads are used. Note: This content will be debited as one download at time of checkout.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.