The Central Valley Project of California

The idea of "planning" occupies a position of great prominence throughout the nation today. It is seen to be extending into practically all fields of human endeavor and activity. A multitude of new agencies of varying character city, county, state and federal and planning engineers and planning experts of all kinds offer abundant evidence of the increasing activity and thought now being devoted to planning. To the engineering profession, the art of planning is not new. It is a basic feature of engineering science. It is part and parcel of engineering practice. To water works engineers and managers in particular, planning always has been a major duty and function. The design of public water supply systems to provide adequate water supplies for the growing demands of cities and towns requires the most careful long-range planning. The art of planning is most outstandingly exemplified in the great water systems of such metropolitan centers as New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Other notable illustrations are to be found in many other projects of water conservation, regulation and utilization throughout the