Twenty-Second Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of Colorado - Softcover

For The Years 1923-1924

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0428357512 ISBN 13: 9780428357511

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2024

Synopsis

Excerpt from Twenty-Second Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of Colorado<br/><br/>The duties of the State Engineer are numerous and varied. As head of the department charged with the administration of our public water supplies, he is required to decide numerous ques tions, all of which are based upon statutory provisions or court decrees which are not always free from ambiguity. Proper rulings and decisions necessarily demand that he have a well grounded general knowledge of our water laws and supreme court decisions relating thereto. As State guardian of all storage reservoirs, he should be highly qualified, through study and experience, to design and supervise the construction of important dams and engineering works, upon the safety of which depends human lives and immense property values. He is charged with the collection and publication of all in formation and data relative to our public water supplies upon which our major industry depends. This duty requires one trained in hydrographic studies, with a knowledge of present and future needs and possibilities of land and power development, and prob lems of water conservation and use.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0428357512
• ISBN 13: 9780428357511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275