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...states before announcing that he was cutting $289 million-earmarked for 19 water-control projects-out of Gerald Ford's proposed budget for fiscal 1978. Convinced that many projects were unnecessary, he had vowed during the campaign "to get the Corps of Engineers out of the dam-building business." The President personally approved the 19 projects for the endangered species list on the grounds that they were uneconomical by today's standards, unsafe or unsound in terms of their effect on the environment. So far, $1 billion has been spent on the programs; if completed, they would cost...
Some of the works on Carter's list appear to be more vulnerable than others. The Fruitland Mesa Dam in west-central Colorado, for instance, is designed in part to irrigate 11,940 acres and provide supplemental water for another 6,310 by damming the Gunnison River. The most direct beneficiaries of the $87 million project would be some 60 farms and ranches. In effect, these would be heavily subsidized by the Government, since they are expected to pay back only $3.8 million. (About 84% of the project's total cost would be reimbursed by fees charged...
...AUBURN-FOLSOM PROJECT. The fight over the $1 billion scheme on California's American River provides a case study in the realities of water politics. Governor Jerry Brown, an ardent environmentalist, had campaigned for office as an opponent of new dams, but the severe drought, which has forced some of his Northern California constituents to haul water by the bucket, has changed Brown's mind. When Carter put Auburn-Folsom on his list, Brown came out in favor of the project, which is designed to irrigate 29,000 acres and provide supplemental water to 387,000 more. Brown...
Brown did condition his approval on a finding by non-government experts, due this June, that the Auburn Dam would be safe. The gigantic structure (4,200 ft. wide at its base and 700 ft. high) would be built in an area prone to earthquakes. U.S. Geological Survey scientists say there is a dangerous earthquake fault less than a mile from the proposed site. The Association of Engineering Geologists warned last year that an earthquake could shatter the dam, releasing a reservoir 40 miles long containing 736 billion gallons of water. The terrifying result: a 100 ft. high wall...
Andrus' sensitivity to man-made environmental harm was heightened by the Teton Dam disaster in eastern Idaho, which killed eleven people and caused more than $1 billion damage (TIME, June 21). The Government agency that went ahead with the ill-fated project is the Bureau of Land Reclamation−now within Andrus' domain...