
Throughout its history, the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) has been an innovator in the engineering and science of dam and canal design and construction, hydraulic modeling, hydroelectricity production and delivery, water delivery, conservation, and multipurposes use of water. The story of Reclamation is deeply entwined with the development of the American West in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. One third of the West’s population and about 10,000,000 acres of the West’s irrigation land, and about one third of the irrigated land, use water from Reclamation projects. Reclamation-generated hydropower played an important role in the electrification of western rural areas and development of industries, especially during and after World War II. This volume focus on the history of the Bureau of Reclamation from the end of World War II through year 2000.
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Volume II
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ............................................................................ix
COMMISSIONER’S INTRODUCTION ....................................................... xli
AUTHORS’ PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................xlv
SENIOR HISTORIAN’S PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................... li
CHAPTER 8: RECLAMATION ADJUSTS TO POSTWAR AMERICA .........................................................................513
Introduction ...............................................................................................513
Postwar Transitions ....................................................................................516
Regionalization ..........................................................................................531
Valley Authorities and the Public v. Private Power Debate ........................536
Reclamation’s Leadership Issue and the 160 Acre Rule ............................550
The Transition: From Truman to Eisenhower ............................................558
Conclusion .................................................................................................570
CHAPTER 9: RECLAMATION AND THE POSTWAR WORLD, 1945 TO 1969 ........................................................................................573
Introduction ...............................................................................................573
Reclamation in the World Setting ..............................................................574
The Possibilities of China ..........................................................................581
A World in Need ........................................................................................591
Where National Interests Directed ............................................................593
Opening the Door to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) ..................................................597
From Denver to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) ..........................................................599
Encountering Ceylonese Culture ...............................................................601
Reclamation in the Midst of New Foreign Policy Formulations ...............605
The Wider World Draws on the Talents of Reclamation ............................607
The Commitments Continue ......................................................................612
Afghanistan ................................................................................................614
Southeast Asia............................................................................................623
CHAPTER 10: RECLAMATION IN AN ERA OF GUNS AND BUTTER: RIVERS, VALLEYS, AND CANYONS—1945 TO 1956 ....................641
Introduction ...............................................................................................641
The Excess Lands Issue in the Central Valley Project ...............................643
Hells Canyon and Public Power .................................................................660
Columbia Basin Project: The Irrigation Phase ..........................................670
The Upper Colorado River Storage Project: To Be or Not to Be ..............682
The Changing Critique ..............................................................................690
Conclusion .................................................................................................701
CHAPTER 11: END OF AN ERA AND NEW BEGINNINGS: ..................703
Introduction ...............................................................................................703
Construction on the CRSP .........................................................................704
Kennedy Administration and a “New Frontier” for Reclamation ..............717
Indian Water Rights and the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project ..................724
Central Arizona Project and the Pacific Southwest Water Plan .................741
Conclusion .................................................................................................766
CHAPTER 12: MEETING NEW CHALLENGES, 1956-1980 ....................769
Introduction ...............................................................................................769
Finding the Past: Archaeology and Cultural Resources on Reclamation Projects .............................................................................771
Getting Our Share: The Central Utah Project ............................................778
New Lessons: Bureau of Reclamation and the Environmental Movement .....................................................................792
Grand Coulee Dam’s Third Powerplant .....................................................803
Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie ............................................815
Teton ..........................................................................................................820
Conclusion: Carter’s Hit List .....................................................................833
CHAPTER 13: A NEW ERA FOR WATER IN THE WEST: BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1980-2000 ........................................839
Introduction ...............................................................................................839
After Teton .................................................................................................840
160 acre Limitation and the Family Farm ..................................................850
Water Transfers: From Farms to Cities ......................................................862
Fish versus Dams .......................................................................................876
Daniel Beard and the “New” Bureau of Reclamation ...............................888
Conclusion .................................................................................................901
CHAPTER 14: SELLING RECLAMATION: THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION IN PHOTOGRAPHS, ART, AND FILM ...........905
Introduction ...............................................................................................905
Photography and the Photographers ..........................................................907
Large Dams and the “Machine Aesthetic” ................................................935
Artists and Representations of Reclamation ..............................................952
Films ..........................................................................................................968
Alternative Narratives ................................................................................978
Conclusion .................................................................................................989
APPENDIX A: BUREAU OF RECLAMATION TIMELINE FOR VOLUME 2 ..................................................................................993
APPENDIX B: COMMISSIONERS OF THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1945-2012 .........................................................999
APPENDIX C: CHIEF ENGINEER AND SUCCESSOR POSITIONS IN RECLAMATION .....................................................1011
APPENDIX D: SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 1945-2012 .............................1013
APPENDIX E: RECLAMATION POWERPLANTS ..................................1015
APPENDIX F: BRIEFING PAPERS FROM PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER’S “STATEMENT ON WATER PROJECTS” OF APRIL 18, 1977 ............................................................................1025
APPENDIX G: THREE SAMPLES OF RECLAMATION DOCUMENTS OF FOREIGN VISTORS AND TRAINEES OVER TIME ...................................................................1043
BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................1055
INDEX .........................................................................................................1101
This book would interest developers in water supply, including engineers, construction managers, and water utility companies that manage quality water conservation, as well as local government personnel that become involved with natural disasters and maintaining flood control in various populations.
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