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Title: Minimizing the probable maximum flood

Journal Article · · Civil Engineering (New York, 1983); (United States)
OSTI ID:7031292
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Harza Engineering Co., Chicago, IL (United States)
  2. Wisconsin Electric Power Co., Milwaukee, WI (United States)

This article examines Wisconsin Electric Power Company's efforts to determine an economical way to comply with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirements at two hydroelectric developments on the Michigamme River. Their efforts included refinement of the area's probable maximum flood model based, in part, on a newly developed probable maximum precipitation estimate.

OSTI ID:
7031292
Journal Information:
Civil Engineering (New York, 1983); (United States), Vol. 64:6; ISSN 0885-7024
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English