Water Resources: Hydraulics and Hydrology
A:
Yes. This was after I felt I had to learn to read French, when I could read French.
So you were doing this research in French-language sources?
A:
Yes.
Now, your American colleagues who couldn't use French would have been in big trouble,
because it would have been impossible to find this kind of information.
Not exactly, because the Dutch book is in English. But the original stuff--well, Rousselot's
may be in English, too. I don't remember that. But, you know, you really have to keep up
with what everybody is doing. Rousselot's work came out of 16
but I had already seen
vane dikes in the Dutch
report.
So this is a case where that idea struck you as a solution to one of the problems you faced?
A:
Yes.
Then you would go ahead and propose that WES test this for you and see what the results
would be?
A:
Yes.
Now, how long would that process take as far as
for you?
Maybe a year and a half. We had construction money for the locks and dams. This work
was not part of the stabilization program; it was part of the lock and dam program.We had
construction money and we could budget for such model tests. In those days, model studies
were not that expensive. I think that those tests cost in the order of ,000, probably.
You had plenty of time before construction to get that done?
To try it, yes, because constructing the locks and dams was, I don't remember exactly, about
three years in the future, and maybe five for some.
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