Water Resources:
Q ..
Well, that sounds like it's one of those areas that needs to be protected and that's why I
gather you really fought
and I think most people realize that
A
I did all I could to try to keep it as a separate unit
that's an important element. But, some would still like to bust it up and put the parts that
they use the most in their own office. It would spoil the whole operation.
Q ..
Now how many hydrologists would a normal district have in their office?
A
Well, it depends a whole lot on how big of a work load they had. Well, back when I was
working in the Garrison District, for example, they had one GS-12 as a Chief of
Hydrology, Hydrology Section. They had one, two, three--three GS-11 Then they had
three or four
plus some
all working on different aspects of hydrology.
That wasn't really a big district.
Then they had in the branch, the Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch, another section in
hydraulic design which was not quite as big but it had maybe five people in it. Another
smaller section on sedimentation, there were three in that section.
The fourth section in the branch was what today are the planning people. It was a report
section. But they were the planners at that time. That had several people, too. They
were the ones that wrote the planning documents that went to Congress. They were a part
of the Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch at that time. As they eventually evolved, they
became a division comparable with the Engineering Division.
Q ..
So they really are pretty well staffed then?
A
Oh yes.
Q ..
In most cases?
A
It will depend on the work load, too, how many people they have. If they have a large
staff and they don't get enough work,
they can get work from another district.
One of the things we did in Garrison District was work on some projects for the New
England Division right after one of the major hurricanes in New England. There was a
lot of investigative work going on on potential dams. We did the design work on two or
three of them.
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