National Waterways Study

Final Report : Analysis of Navigation Relationships to Other Water Uses

• Author(s): Peter Cook, David McGaw, A.T. Kearney, Inc, Louis Berger and Associates,
• Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Water Resources Support Center
• Pages: 592
• Language: en

Description:... 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.