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<br />INTRODUCTION
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<br />. In. Decen:iber, 1942, a report was made as' to progress on the
<br />. Neosho river basin unit of the State .Plan of WarerResources De-
<br />. vel opm ent. At that time it was contemplated that this part of the
<br />plan would be completed within the following biemiium.. It has not
<br />been possible, however; to accomplish this for the re~son that many
<br />of the, men engaged on this work e~tered into service of the armed
<br />forces of the United Sl;Rtes a.:iJd others qualified to replace them
<br />havenotheen available; Some further work has 'been done on the.
<br />plan ,and consideration hils been given. to proposed water develop-
<br />ment projects in various other parts of the state. Many of them
<br />'- have been examined in only: a preliminary way, some have' been
<br />studiedinmored~tail, and a fewwliich'had preViouBly been'recom-
<br />mended by the War Department have been authori'zed by Congress
<br />forconstru!ltion. The purpose. of this report is to indicate the loca-
<br />. tioll and 6haracterofthe pr<!posed projects and ,to summarize tbeir
<br />present. status. .. .. : .
<br />. The preparation..of aBtate Plan of Water' Resources Development
<br />wllsauthorized by the legisla.ture iri 1917 in an act which provided,
<br />; among other things, for .the working out of a systematic general
<br />. plan. fOr thecomplete'development of each watershed iri the state in
<br />. ol-der to secure the most.advanmgeous adjustment of the interestS
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<br />. .involved inmattel'Bof floods; irrigation, water power and naviga"
<br />, .. ti6n.' . The funds, which were appropriated for the workat that ~ime
<br />ahd until J941, were ~equateonly to establish and maintain a
<br />system of stream gaging statiori~ on most of the principal streams in
<br />the state. ,This, of course,was neoessary and h-as been or'imniense.
<br />val\1e;.. It is being continued. in. order tQobtain factual. data for..
<br />'study ami analysis which Ieluls .u>' a better and more complete
<br />understanding of the problems wliichare involyed, and ~n many
<br />.ymy.s, indicates the. method of their solution. . The compiiationof
<br />such d_aia is basicaIly impoi:f,ant in formulating the plan which waS
<br />.. ~ontemplated would be developed. . . . ..
<br />H In 1928 the Congress authorized and directed the War Depart-
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<br />. mentu> make surveys, investigations and reports on flood-control
<br />. prQie,cts. Prior to, the time that the state in 1941 undertook directly..
<br />. tIle. prep.ar!ltion ofa general plan for' the development of its water
<br />resources, Congress had, on the basis of reco=endations made to.
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