Water resources planning for the upper Mississippi river and Illinois waterway / Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississsippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Management.

Water-supply.

Hydrology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 National Research Council "216" Studies: Corps of Engineers Water Resources Project Planning""; ""3 Improving UMR-IWW Resources Planning and Management""; ""4 Epilogue""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Water Resources Development Act 2000 Public Law No. 106-541, of the 106th Congress""; ""Appendix B National Research Council Board Membership and Staff""; ""Appendix C Committee Members and Staff Biographies""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786610262939

9780309181709

0309181704

9781280262937

1280262931

9780309652957

0309652952

OCLC:

231639407