Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Lock and Dam 8, Mississippi River, Genoa, Reconnaissance Report for Hydropower
Author: Upper Mississippi River Navigation Charts
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Inland Navigation System Planning
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309074056
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) in order to relieve increasing waterway congestion, particularly for grain moving to New Orleans for export. With passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Congress required that the Corps conduct a benefit-cost analysis as part of its water resources project planning; Congress will fund water resources projects only if a project's benefits exceed its costs. As economic analysis generally, and benefit-cost analysis in particular, has become more sophisticated, and as environmental and social considerations and analysis have become more important, Corps planning studies have grown in size and complexity. The difficulty in commensurating market and nonmarket costs and benefits also presents the Corps with a significant challenge. The Corps' analysis of the UMR-IWW has extended over a decade, has cost roughly $50 million, and has involved consultations with other federal agencies, state conservation agencies, and local citizens. The analysis has included many consultants and has produced dozens of reports. In February 2000, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requested that the National Academies review the Corps' final feasibility report. After discussions and negotiations with DOD, in April 2000 the National Academies launched this review and appointed an expert committee to carry it out.
River of History
Author: John O. AnfinsonPublisher:
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Category : Formations (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Numerical Simulation of Ground-water Flow in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and Into Nearby Pools of the Mississippi River
Author: R. J. HuntPublisher:
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309177812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
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.
The Corps, the Environment, and the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Author: Raymond H. MerrittPublisher:
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Category : Environmental engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Indicators of Ecosystem Structure and Function for the Upper Mississippi River System
Author: Nathan R. De JagerPublisher:
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Category : Biotic communities
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Paddling Southern Wisconsin
Author: Mike SvobPublisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781931599771
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Paddling Southern Wisconsin will guide you down some of the state's most alluring rivers, immersing you in its shifting landscape and infinite beauty.
Damming the Osage
Author: Leland PaytonPublisher: Lens & Pens Press
ISBN: 9780967392585
Category : Bagnell Dam (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
If changed by development, the authors found the present Osage valley landscape expressive. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, period maps, and vintage images, this book tells the dramatic saga of human ambition pitted against natural limitations and forces beyond man's control.