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... authority to administer it . For this the Florida legislature created a state agency , the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District , or FCD . This was a five - man board appointed by the governor , with authority reaching ...
... authority to administer it . For this the Florida legislature created a state agency , the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District , or FCD . This was a five - man board appointed by the governor , with authority reaching ...
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... Authority did not expect at least one of the studies referred to - the Leopold Report - to characterize the jetport as a disaster . Richard H. Judy , deputy director of the Port Authority , said they had worked with or consulted with ...
... Authority did not expect at least one of the studies referred to - the Leopold Report - to characterize the jetport as a disaster . Richard H. Judy , deputy director of the Port Authority , said they had worked with or consulted with ...
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... Authority and the Federal government agree upon a site - at no cost to the Port Authority . That means the U.S. taxpayer makes a gift to Florida of the $ 13,000,000 the Port Authority sank into the original site . Moreover , as Joe ...
... Authority and the Federal government agree upon a site - at no cost to the Port Authority . That means the U.S. taxpayer makes a gift to Florida of the $ 13,000,000 the Port Authority sank into the original site . Moreover , as Joe ...
Contents
An Introduction | 9 |
Rivers Dams and Floods | 27 |
Water Pollution and the Great Water Shortage | 49 |
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