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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />subdivisions of goveAnt. <br /> <br />For exonple, in the Missouri B[\sin with Wllich I = most fDLliliQr, our <br /> <br /> <br />civil works prograJ:l for river control and ,roter conservation 1ms been running <br /> <br /> <br />at fron 80 to 100 nillion dollars alnluully for the past decade. On the <br /> <br /> <br />nilitary side the Corps of Engineers has been responsible for construction <br /> <br /> <br />progrnns ranging from 100 to 150 million dollars yearly for the Army and <br />Air Force. <br /> <br />At the present time Olrr nilitary construction workl~ad under contract <br />totals $250 million dollars, including intercontinental ballistic nissile <br />bases, NIKE fQcilities and the nore conventiorKli type of defense construction <br />projects. Our civil works contract awards for fiscal year 1959 are expected <br />to reach a figure of about $120 nillion dollars. <br />These large expenditures on engineering Qnd construction projects, are <br />placing unprecedented deoands upon the engineering profession both in and out <br />of public office. They involve Vo.st =aunts of construction nQterials, equip- <br /> <br />nent, supplies and skilled labor. They Qre providing jobs o.nd enploynent on <br /> <br />a large scale. <br /> <br />More recently, a third eleI~nt of najor engineering and construction <br /> <br />potentials has entered. the picture. This is the huge progr['J:j of Federl11 <br />interstate higllWUY c~nstruction. ~1is, too, affects nost of the states in <br /> <br />your nenbership area. <br /> <br />Hence, these ~re challenGinG tiT-res in the en~ineerinG profession, with <br /> <br />ever-incre~sing dennnds upon the tine, ep-ergy anu cr~inccrirLG skills of aUT <br /> <br />profession, GS you StQte engineers in the water field Gre well aWGre. <br /> <br />Now, to return nore strictly to ny assigned ,vater prograo subject. <br />First, a brief review of what has been accomplished on Corps projects in the <br /> <br /> <br />l7-state area may be timely. I thin1( it will ilJ_ustrate quite clearly the <br /> <br /> <br />wide diversity of water uses which the public expects from its controlled <br /> <br />vater resource programs. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />