Vízügyi Közlemények, 1966 (48. évfolyam)

4. füzet - Rövidebb közlemények és beszámolók

(48) annual sum spent on watersupply and sewerage attained 600 million crowns. Specific costs are illustrated in Fig. 2. Sewage and wastes disposal is the responsibility of the Water supply and Sewage Department of National Bureau of Public Roads. •i. Dr. Kézdi, Á., Engr.: The Oroville Dam (For the Hungarian text see pp. 275) In California vast projects are realized within the framework of the State Water Project to provide water lor the southern part of the state (Fig. 1). One of these is the highest earth fill dam of the World, which has a greatest height of 230 m, a crest length of 2100 m, a base width of 1070 m (Fig. 2). The spillway is designed to discharge 18 200 cu.m/sec of water. A storage volume of 4.2 cu.km is created. The installed capacity of the powerhouse supplied is 600 MW. Construction materials and main items of cost are shown in Tables I and II, respectively. Construction of the 120 m high auxiliary dam is in advanced stage (Fig. 7). 5. Starosolszky, O., Engr. : ^Irrigation development in India (For the Hungarian text see pp. 282) During the years of independence the rate of irrigation development increased rapidly in India, as was demonstrated by the hosts of the VI. Congress of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, New-Delhi, held in 1966. The area where irrigation is possible may be estimated at 27 million liectares. The index of utilization was improved and irrigation practiced over about 80 percent of the irrigable area. Development is based on the "new temples of India" as the vast new, multipurpose projects were named by Nehru. Main characteristics of major new projects, completed, or under construction, are compiled in Table /.Special mention must be made of the four largest projects under construction, namely the Bakhra-Nangal, Rajasthan, Chambal and Nagarjunasagar projects. Irrigation development is guided by the famous Indian engineer, Dr. K. L. Rao, under the authority of the Union Ministry of Irrigation and Power. 6. Dr. Guoth, В., Engr.: The power project by Kálmán Kandó (For the Hungarian text see pp. 287) K. Kandó the famous Hungarian inventor of the first electric locomotive suggested in 1920 the utilization of the hydroelectric potential of the Sajó River in Hungary. Plans for a diversion canal development were prepared, which are to-day of historical interest and can be found in the archives of the Electrotechnical Association.