Jacob H. Douma
Sacramento-San Joaquin River System
Did you get involved at all with the Sacramento-San Joaquin River system in California?
Sacramento-San Joaquin Yes, I did. Friant Dam was constructed by the Bureau of
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Reclamation on the San Joaquin River. The Bureau also constructed Shasta Dam on the
Sacramento River and Folsom Dam on a river that discharges into the Sacramento.
The main problem on the Sacramento concerned the hydraulic design of rock and
bank protection. The Section 32 Program legislation was passed by the Congress
authorizing the Corps to make studies of streambank erosion control. A Steering
Committee to carry out the studies was established. I was the chairman until I retired in
`79. One or two meetings were held in Sacramento to inspect the Sacramento River bank
protection works. It was suggested that several alternative bank protection works be
tested. Several test sections were constructed and evaluated for several years.
Was there any particular difference between those kinds of projects and some of the other
ones you were involved with, say, on the Missouri River?
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The Corps did not construct as much bank protection on the Missouri River as on the
Sacramento because the velocities weren't as high and the bank erosion not as extensive.
Also, there was a lot of readily available rock on the Sacramento, which made rock bank
protection quite economical. On the Missouri, rock for bank protection usually had to be
hauled 200-300 miles, which made the protection costly.
So there was a price consideration there, I imagine?
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Yes.
Tunnel and Reservoir Project (Chicago)
Did you have anything to do with the Tunnel and Reservoir Project, the TARP project,
in Chicago?
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What project is it called?
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It's called TARP--the really deep tunnels that act as a reservoir?
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