THE CHALLENGE OF REGULATION OF LEVELS AND FLOWS FOR NAVIGATION IN A MULTI-USE WATERWAY INCLUDING HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT

This paper begins with an overview of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River region marine transportation requirements, followed by a closer look at the role of the St. Lawrence River, its development and its users. The overview puts into perspective the great physical size and economic importance of this waterway system and the magnitude of the task of developing and operating a system for managing the levels and flows in the waterway for the benefit of navigation and other users. Subsequent sections then describe this regulatory system, the benefits it confers, and the constraints it imposes. Lastly, actual events of regulation during the period 1985-89 are recounted.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference paper
• Authors:
  • Golding, G R
• Conference:
  • International Navigation Congress, 27th
  • Location: Osaka, Japan
  • Date: 1990-5-20 to 1990-5-26
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 16p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Flow; Streamflow; Streams; Water table
• Geographic Terms: Great Lakes; Saint Lawrence River
• Old TRIS Terms: Outflows; Overviews
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00659496
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM