Savannah River basin
The complex issues which derive from multiuse and multipurpose demands on our land and water resources clearly require a strong local-State-Federal team effort dedicated to seeking viable nonstructural (strategy or management) as well as traditional structural solutions. The Savannah District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a part of this team representing the interests of the public in planning, design, construction, operation, and management of the Savannah River basin's water resources. To the extent authorized by Congress and mandated by existing law, the Corps of Engineers has primary responsibility for designated programs, activities, and projects. Current conservation and management of the resources include hydropower, flood control, water supply, and recreation at two major dams with a third under construction; maintenace of a navigation channel below Augusta; and the operation of a major port at Savannah. Trends projected into the future show increasing and competing demands on the basin's resources, particularly water resources. Intensive planning and management will be needed to ensure optimum benefits. Present planning is examining potential hydropower sites; conflict in uses for river and reservoir waters between hydropower, water supply for municipal (including interbasin transfers), industrial, and cooling for nuclear plants; the need for maintaining the navigation channel despite low usage; and two major studies of water resources in Savannah (Metro Savannah and Savannah Harbor Comprehensive). All planning projects must consider water conservation and water quality under national policies. Unilateral planning at any level of government is no longer acceptable to the public, politically wise, or financially prudent. Trends pointing to the future indicate that closely coordinated unified planning involving the Corps of Engineers and other Federal agencies, the States of Georgia and South Carolina, and local and private groups is even more critical today and for the tomorrows ahead to assure prudent conservation and use of the water and land resources of the Savannah River basin
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| Format: | biblioteca |
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Minneapolis, Minn. (EUA)
1981
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| Subjects: | CUENCA RIO SAVANNAH, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, |
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| Summary: | The complex issues which derive from multiuse and multipurpose demands on our land and water resources clearly require a strong local-State-Federal team effort dedicated to seeking viable nonstructural (strategy or management) as well as traditional structural solutions. The Savannah District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a part of this team representing the interests of the public in planning, design, construction, operation, and management of the Savannah River basin's water resources. To the extent authorized by Congress and mandated by existing law, the Corps of Engineers has primary responsibility for designated programs, activities, and projects. Current conservation and management of the resources include hydropower, flood control, water supply, and recreation at two major dams with a third under construction; maintenace of a navigation channel below Augusta; and the operation of a major port at Savannah. Trends projected into the future show increasing and competing demands on the basin's resources, particularly water resources. Intensive planning and management will be needed to ensure optimum benefits. Present planning is examining potential hydropower sites; conflict in uses for river and reservoir waters between hydropower, water supply for municipal (including interbasin transfers), industrial, and cooling for nuclear plants; the need for maintaining the navigation channel despite low usage; and two major studies of water resources in Savannah (Metro Savannah and Savannah Harbor Comprehensive). All planning projects must consider water conservation and water quality under national policies. Unilateral planning at any level of government is no longer acceptable to the public, politically wise, or financially prudent. Trends pointing to the future indicate that closely coordinated unified planning involving the Corps of Engineers and other Federal agencies, the States of Georgia and South Carolina, and local and private groups is even more critical today and for the tomorrows ahead to assure prudent conservation and use of the water and land resources of the Savannah River basin |
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