Water Resources: Hydraulics and Hydrology
fix up our flood problem. What could we do?" The Corps could spend some time and
money helping them out, giving them advice--and providing them with a flood
information report that showed them what areas were subject to flooding and the
Then they'd say, "Well, here are some things that you might want to do to alleviate some
of this flooding. You might improve this channel. You might divert some of the water
over in this direction. You might build a small retention project" or something like that.
But now they're going to have to pay for that, I guess, under the present process. Of
course, that's kind of in keeping with the new planning policies anyway, under the new,
I think, the
Act
Resources Development Act of
The Corps, now when
they do a
[reconnaissance] study, the community has to pay percent of the cost
of it. Well, they never use to have to do that. It kind of puts the community on the spot.
Do you really want us to do this? If you do, you're going to have to pay money up front.
Well, that's the whole purpose of the Act, to get them to share the costs.
A
Well, to make sure that they're not just pulling your leg or something.
Q ..
Yes, getting a freebie.
A
They want to be sure they're really interested in doing something. Because a lot of people
or a lot of
after the Corps has gone through all the process of doing an
depth study and gotten a project authorized, then they say, "Ah, well, we didn't really
want one after all. That's a lot of waste of money.
Q ..
It's not wasted if it's not your money.
A
Well, yes, from their standpoint probably. But from the government's standpoint, it's not
a very efficient way of doing business.
Q ..
You were talking about floodplain management and the whole issue of structural and non-
structural flood control. How much involvement did the hydrologists have in that? Did
they get into that issue at all?
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