Accession Number:
ADA235770
Title:
A Preliminary Assessment of Corps of Engineers' Reservoirs, Their Purposes and Susceptibility to Drought
Descriptive Note:
Research rept.
Corporate Author:
HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING CENTER DAVIS CA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1990-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
128.0
Abstract:
This report examines 516 Corps of Engineers reservoirs, including locks and dams, in the Continental United States and describes the purposes they serve and the type and volume of their storage capacity. It also discusses drought its occurrence, duration, frequency, severity and relationship to Corps reservoirs. Reservoirs are useful in the management of flood control, navigation, hydroelectric power, water supplies, irrigation, recreation, fish and wildlife, water quality, wetlands, and ground water.
Descriptors:
- *DROUGHT
- *RESERVOIRS
- CAPACITY(QUANTITY)
- GROUND WATER
- NAVIGATION
- ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
- ENGINEERS
- POWER
- STORAGE
- WETLANDS
- WATER QUALITY
- WATER RESOURCES
- WILDLIFE
- RECREATION
- WATER SUPPLIES
- FLOOD CONTROL
- IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
- HYDROELECTRICITY
- DAMS
- LOCKS(WATERWAYS)
- UNITED STATES
- MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
Subject Categories:
- Meteorology
- Civil Engineering