Nader's Raiders Versus California Water Project
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VIEW THE REPLYPublication: Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 99, Issue 1
Abstract
In his sweeping attack on practically all facets of American life, Ralph Nader has investigated the California Water Project, and the philosophy, skill and motivations of those who made it possible. The paper considers the faults of the project. The news media, who no doubt were supposed to acclaim the report, discredited it as a colossal piece of impudence, a rehash, clothed in innuendo and distortion, of arguments thoroughly aired and laid to rest when the project was first discussed in hearings in Sacramento and Washington, or suggested that Nader broke his pick in the hard rocks of California. On balance, instead of rationing water while the system is being enlarged, California has secured its water supply well in advance. With its own financial resources it has completed facilities that will supply the needs of most Californians not just to 1990, but perhaps until the year 2020 or beyond.
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Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 99 • Issue 1 • January 1973
Pages: 39 - 46
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© 1973 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1973
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Distortion (structural)
- Financial management
- Geology
- Geotechnical engineering
- Groundwater
- Motivation
- Personnel management
- Practice and Profession
- Project management
- Rocks
- Structural behavior
- Structural engineering
- Water (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water management
- Water supply
- Water supply systems
- Wells (water)
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