Approaches to Water Resource Development in Central and Southern Florida, 1845-1947 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Approaches to Water Resource Development in Central and Southern Florida, 1845-1947The problem of an adequate water supply for central and southern Florida was vastly complicated during the 1900 1947 period by the rapid population growth and industrial expansion that characterized the region's development pat tern. The area now included in the central and southern Florida water control project increased in population from in 1900 to almost in Expansion has, of course, been even more rapid since A large part of this increase during the period was concentrated in the Gold Coast counties of Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. Thus municipal water demands increased sharply at the same time ill-advised drainage of the Everglades threat ened available supplies with salt contamination.This study consists of a selective survey of federal, state.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.