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Article #261Re: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control
From: Warren J. Paul
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 00:00
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In <01bc1a14$74fc6f60$3dd30881@frank> "Frank Creager" <fc030@csufresno.edu> writes: > >I, as a taxpayer, am getting tired of spending money of huge costly >projects that are attempts to make up for errors in previous huge costly >projects. There is another option, flood easements. > >In most areas it is cheaper to purchase property in the floodplain and >retire it to open space use. > In rural areas, this is true, in urban areas this is not. I am not, as a taxpayer, willing to purchase 80% of Sacremento, 100% of Fresno, or 35% of San Jose, any of which would cost far more than the price of a significant increase in flood storage. W.J. Paul, P.E. Dam Engineer and Proud of It!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 102cad,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cad,public X-Google-Thread: fe1ad,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe1ad,public X-Google-Thread: 108860,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid108860,public X-Google-Thread: f84dc,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf84dc,public X-Google-Thread: 105030,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid105030,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public X-Google-Thread: f9e58,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9e58,public From: wjpaul@ix.netcom.com(Warren J. Paul ) Subject: Re: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control Date: 1997/02/15 Message-ID: <5e5cc8$8g2@sjx-ixn4.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 219048016 References: <rpenny-ya023580000202971509530001@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <5db24u$2gp@dfw-ixnews10.ix.netcom.com> <32F9ED1F.7387@ucdavis.edu> <5de23g$8kn@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> <32FE1D10.331F@ucdavis.edu> <5dr9gs$9kn@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com> <5dtj1u$7i9@boursy.news.erols.com> <5dtttm$mbf@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <01bc1a14$74fc6f60$3dd30881@frank> Organization: Netcom X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Feb 15 2:12:24 PM PST 1997 Newsgroups: ca.water,rec.boats.paddle,alt.org.audubon,alt.org.earth-first,alt.org.sierra-club,ca.general,ca.news,ca.environment,sci.geo.hydrology,sci.geo.rivers+lakes,sci.environment,sci.engr.civil