Download or read book Mississippi River Reservoir Benefit Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study Appendix A Q written by Upper Mississippi River Basin Coordinating Committee and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-12-18 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed its feasibility study for the Upper Mississippi River-Ilinois Waterway, which was one of the agency's longest and most complicated studies in its history. The first two reports from this WSTB committee reviewed analytical aspects of the Corps feasibility study. Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway considers the broader issue of managing the multiple resources of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway, especially with regard to several, recently-issued NRC reports on Corps of Engineers planning procedures. The report finds that a key issue regarding planning decisions on these river systems is the ambiguity related to several different pieces of legislation and acts that govern river management, and thus recommends that the administration and Congress clarify the federal intent for managing this river and waterway system. The report recommends an independent, retrospective reivew of the experience with a federal inter-agency Principals Group, which was convened to provide guidance to the Corps study. It is also recommended that the Corps strive to incorporate flexible, adaptive management principles through its entire water planning program, including operations of the lock and dam system.

Download or read book Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study written by Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study Coordinating Committee and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study Appendix O State and federal water laws policies and programs written by Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study Coordinating Committee and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Review of the U S Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-12-22 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past few years, the Corps has been working on what is known as the Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study, the heart of which is a multibillion-dollar proposal to double the length of up to a dozen locks on the river. The Research Council first reviewed the feasibility study in 2001 during controversies over the accuracy of models being used by the Corps to justify lock expansion based on increased demand for barge transportation. More than 100 million tons of cargo-half of it grain destined for international markets, the other half goods such as construction materials, coal, and chemicals-are shipped along the navigation system each year. The locks, which along with dams allow barges to traverse uneven river depths, were originally designed for "tows" of barges up to 600 feet long, but the length of a typical tow has increased, forcing the Corps to look for ways to relieve congestion. The book finds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has made good progress in broadening its proposed plan for navigation improvements on the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway system to give greater consideration to ecological restoration. However, the plan still does not provide sufficient economic justification for expanding locks on the rivers because of flaws in the models the Corps used to predict demand for barge transportation. Little attention is paid to inexpensive, nonstructural navigation improvements that could help better manage existing levels of barge traffic. The revised plan has been usefully expanded to include many creative and potentially useful ecosystem restoration measures. These measures, however, should be more firmly grounded in river science principles and more broadly consider ways the river's ecology might affect or be affected by navigation, recreation and other uses.

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Download or read book Mississippi River Corridor Study Feasibility report written by Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recognition of the Mississippi River's importance to the nation, Congress passed legislation in 1990 that established the Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission. Congress directed the commission to undertake a study to determine the feasibility of designating the river as a national heritage corridor. Congress also charged the commission with recommending methods for preserving and enhancing the unique natural, recreational, scenic, cultural, scientific, and economic resources of the corridor.

Download or read book Upper Mississippi River Headwaters Bemidji to St Paul Integrated Reservoir Operating Plan Evaluation written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comprehensive Master Plan for the Management of the Upper Mississippi River Basin written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inventory of resources and significance written by Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recognition of the Mississippi River's importance to the nation, Congress passed legislation in 1990 that established the Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission. Congress directed the commission to undertake a study to determine the feasibility of designating the river as a national heritage corridor. Congress also charged the commission with recommending methods for preserving and enhancing the unique natural, recreational, scenic, cultural, scientific, and economic resources of the corridor.

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Download or read book Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-02-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.

Download or read book Grand River and Tributaries Missouri and Iowa written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated July 8, 1965, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a survey of Grand River and Tributaries, Missouri and Iowa, authorized by flood control acts approved June 22, 1936. June 28, 1938 and July 24, 1946.

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