Abstract

FURNISHING water for the irrigation of crops is the principal concern in most reclamation projects. The irrigation system, however, is only one of the many construction features that may be involved. When an arid region of hundreds of square miles, essentially uninhabited and remote from any but crossroads communities, is suddenly irrigated and becomes the home of a farm population of several thousand, all sorts of supplementary facilities are required drainage systems, roads, schools, cities, and rural and urban water utilities. These fea-

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