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Jan 1917
Final Report of the Special Committee on Floods and Flood Prevention
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With the growth of the United States, the question of flood control is daily assuming greater importance, but as yet has not received the attention which it merits. When a country is a wilderness, a flood occasions little damage, and is rarely recorded, but as the valleys are cleared and the farmer attempts to utilize them, the injurious effects of floods begin to be felt. With the growth of cities and villages, there arises a still greater demand for protection against overflow. While there is no conclusive evidence that great floods have increased in frequency or volume in recent years, with the growth and development of the country, the damage which is cause d has been greatly intensified, and the obstruction of the flood plain by the works of man has in many cases largely increased flood heights for the same volume of discharge.
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