Hydropower generation and whitewater recreation: Finding the common ground

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:220100

DiGennaro, B ^[1]; Kessler, J ^[2]

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1. EDAW, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
2. Northern California Power Agency, Roseville, CA (United States)

Many hydropower projects are located (or are proposed for location) along rivers that either support or have the potential to support whitewater recreation. The issue of balancing hydropower operations with non power benefits such as whitewater recreation, has become more prevalent in the last few years due to the passage of the Electric Consumers Protection Act in 1986, and increased public demands for river-oriented recreation. Balancing potentially competing resource values has created a number of new challenges for the hydropower industry, the regulatory agencies, and the public. This paper will concentrate on one aspect of the balancing act - balancing power generation with downstream whitewater recreation. It will discuss specific issues and challenges and describe several examples where licensees and whitewater enthusiasts have worked together to identify specific needs, discover common ground, and develop sensible approaches to sharing the resource.

• OSTI ID: 220100
• Report Number(s): CONF-9507190--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

13 HYDRO ENERGY
FLOW RATE
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
RECREATIONAL AREAS
RIVERS