Connecticut River Basin, Westfield Local Protection, Westfield River Westfield, Massachusetts, Feasibility Report For Water Resources Development.

Abstract

This study investigated the water resource problems of the Westfield River Basin in southwestern Massachusetts and focused of the flood problem in Westfield. This growing city of 32,000 people is faced with the most serious flood threat of any community in the four-state Connecticut River Basin, due to its historic and extensive development of the flood plain. It is estimated that a recurrence of the flood of record of August, 1955 -- which caused $8 million in damages -- would today produce $100 million of damage. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA070384

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Dikes
  • Drainage Basins
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fish
  • Flood Control
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • New England
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Recreation
  • Ridges
  • Roads
  • Terrain
  • United States
  • Water Resources

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  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.
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