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Tombigbee Valley Development Authority (Code of Alabama: Title 33 Navigation and Watercourses; Chapter 17)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Alabama
Document type
Legislation
Date
1975 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
River basin institution Navigation Inland waters Surface water Transport/storage Internal trade Flood Hazards Waterworks Coastal zone management
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Code of Alabama provides for the Tombigbee Valley Development Authority. The construction of a navigable waterway between Demopolis, Alabama and the Tennessee River, utilizing the channel of the Tombigbee River, would provide a new transportation route of great importance and would stimulate the development of commerce, agriculture and industry in many sections of the state. Local flooding along the tributary streams of the Tombigbee River occurs frequently in the growing and harvesting season and causes considerable damage to agriculture in the affected sections of the state. Improvements in the channels of the tributary streams will eliminate much of the damage caused by flooding and will also permit improved farming practices and better land use.

Full text
English
Website
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us