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Researchers receive grant for study of reservoir
THE BATTALION
A Uam of A4M
from a variety of i
rocoivod a federal grant for an
in-doytk study of the Canyon Boo-
<*Tvo4r 4
The 14-month project la fund
ed by aa 980,000 grant from the
U.8. Department of Interior*! Wa
ter Reeoorrea Research Office,
through the Texas Water Re-
oinreee InstHate at TAMU.
Dr. Bari Cook, geoocioncee dean,
heads the study. Other members
of the multi-interest team are
Dr. John E. Pearson, businees
administration dean; Dr. Ruth
Schaffer, sociologist; Dr. Robert
Clark, hydrometeorologist, and
Dr. Warren Truck, agricultural
Dr. Jack R. Rankles. TWRI di
rector, noted the study probably
Is the first in the U. S. to con-
rider the total impact of a res
ervoir on utan and his environ-
Canyon Reservoir is in Comal
County, 40 miles north of San
Antonio.
Included in the research will be
the history of the project, atti
tudss of interest groups during
the planning stages, and a com
prshenrive evaluation of the res
ervoir impact today in terms of
rscrsatloa, flood control, munki
pal-industrial water supply, pop
ulation, irrigation, economic and
Daaa Cook, a geographer with
current interests in resource and
environmental decision making,
noted the federal government has
shown a change in attitude and
planning during the past few
years as it relates to dams and
reservoirs. He said today there is
more concern for social science
than water engineering, with so
cial benefits and coats much hard
er to formulise.
‘The objective,” the dean
stressed, “is to see if there were
defects in the planning processes,
and if these defects still remain
in the process of planning big
dams.”
Hs estimated Tsxas has over
IS billion of federal money invest
ed in reservoir projects. There
have been some economic and in
dustrial studies, he added, but
none have looked at the whole
reservoir picture—before and aft
er construction.
Canyon Beuervoir was selected
because it is relatively new (com
pleted in 1944). The researchers
will be able to use photographs
and data collected before the dam
was constructed, they can talk di
rectly with the people involved in
the planning and derision process
and it is an isolated reservoir big
enough to have considerable im
pact on the area.
The Canyon project was built
by the U. S. Army Corps of Engi
neers, whose planning group in
Dallas will cooperate in the TA
MU study.
A major problem, Dean Cook
noted, win be separation of ef
fects of the reservoir from what
would have happened anyway in
that area.
One of the interesting aspects
of the research will be Dr. Schaf
fer’s attitude survey.
She plans to look at approxi
mately 20 large Texas reservoirs
and study the attitudes of inter
est groups during the planning
stage, as well as after construc
tion, to find out what changes in
viewpoints have occurred as a
result of the reservoir impacts.
Dean Cook acknowledged H is a
short-term study, but be hopes
to gather information which will
improve planning for similar proj-
For example, many points are
argued frequently during reser
voir planning, points dealing with
ecology, economics and benefit ra
tios. Such arguments are with
out reference to what actually
happened in projects already buiH, )
he said.
The study should make It pos
sible to speed up the decision-
making process to eliminate or
accelerate many future reservoir
projects, tbs dean stated.
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