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In this study several alternative water release operations of Priest Lake Outlet Dam are evaluated and compared with the present operation using guidelines established by National Water Resources Council's ""Principles and Standards for Planning Water and Related Land Resources."" Functional purposes considered relevant to the plan are flood damage reduction, power, lake recreation, river recreation, land measures, regional income, and many classed under Environmental Quality and Social Weil-Being objectives. A methodology, based on current information and a research of applicable literature, is developed for determining economic values, for the National Economic Development and Regional Development objectives without actually testing any of the proposed alternatives. The Environmental Quality and social Weil-Being objectives are enumerated. Problems associated with present lake regulation and resulting changes in river flow regime are discussed. The analysis of the alternative water release operations is displayed in simple tabular form. The many environmental quality and social well-being objectives preclude any rigorous economic analysis to determine optimum operation. An approach to the selection of the optimum operation is suggested as well as improvements to the present method of operation. The operation selected as optimum from the seven alternatives investigated is the one which best satisfies the opposing concerns.

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Title:
Analysis of alternative water release operations for Priest Lake, Idaho
Authors:
Doyle, Paul Frederick
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1974-11
Description:
In this study several alternative water release operations of Priest Lake Outlet Dam are evaluated and compared with the present operation using guidelines established by National Water Resources Council's ""Principles and Standards for Planning Water and Related Land Resources."" Functional purposes considered relevant to the plan are flood damage reduction, power, lake recreation, river recreation, land measures, regional income, and many classed under Environmental Quality and Social Weil-Being objectives. A methodology, based on current information and a research of applicable literature, is developed for determining economic values, for the National Economic Development and Regional Development objectives without actually testing any of the proposed alternatives. The Environmental Quality and social Weil-Being objectives are enumerated. Problems associated with present lake regulation and resulting changes in river flow regime are discussed. The analysis of the alternative water release operations is displayed in simple tabular form. The many environmental quality and social well-being objectives preclude any rigorous economic analysis to determine optimum operation. An approach to the selection of the optimum operation is suggested as well as improvements to the present method of operation. The operation selected as optimum from the seven alternatives investigated is the one which best satisfies the opposing concerns.
Subjects:
flood control regulations water resources planning
Location:
Priest Lake
Latitude:
48.57
Longitude:
-116.86
Collection:
IWRRI
IWRRI number:
197410
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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"Analysis of alternative water release operations for Priest Lake, Idaho", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-doyle_1974.html
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