Articles, addresses by Hyatt, and clippings, pertaining to dams, water rights, salt water
intrusion, hydroelectric power, the California Water Plan, and other aspects of water in
Edward Hyatt, the son of Edward and Margaret (Gill) Hyatt, was born near San Jacinto,
Calif., on July 21, 1888. He received degrees in civil engineering from Stanford
University. He began his thirty-five year career in the service of his native state
as an engineer for the California Highway Commission. In 1916 he transferred to the State
Water Commission, an agency created to administer state laws pertaining to water rights.
In 1921 the State Water Commission became part of the Division of Water Rights of the
State Department of Public Works; Mr. Hyatt was appointed deputy chief and then chief of
that division. In 1927 he was appointed State Engineer of California. Mr. Hyatt directed
surveys which led to the development of the State Water Plan, the basis for the water
conservation program in California, and of the Central Valley Project. He was a member of
several governmental planning committees, technical associations, and honorary societies.
He was a Past-President of the Sacramento Section of the Society. Mr. Hyatt died on June
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