This report of the National Waterways Study provides a brief summary of the United States multi-purpose waterway system and relevant national water resource policy. Five types of relationships between navigation and other water uses are analyzed: (1) water availability for navigation, (2) reservoir management and instream flow; (3) salt water instrusion; (4) navigation interactions with recreation; and (5) beneficial effects of navigation projects.
National Waterways Study. Analysis of Navigation Relationships to Other Water Uses
1981
597 pages
Report
No indication
English
Marine & Waterway Transportation , Hydrology & Limnology , Civil Engineering , Inland waterways , Water traffic , Barges , Surface navigation , Water flow , Availability , Reservoirs , Operation , Flood control , Water supplies , Hydroelectricity , Recreation , Salt water , Intrusion , Streams , Utilization , Conflict , Water transportation