Author: Roald D. Tweet
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Author: Kenneth S. Lubinski
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Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: River Country Voices (Organization)
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Category : Inland water transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 51

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309183170
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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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.

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Category : Illinois Waterway (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: John O. Anfinson
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816640249
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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A sweeping history of the upper Mississippi introduces readers to the rich natural and human history of this region, from the earliest European explorers through the massive engineering projects that are changing the destiny of the river. (History)

Author: Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study Coordinating Committee
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 1160

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Author: Upper Mississippi River Basin Coordinating Committee
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Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 1330

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