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Whether it’s heavy rains or drought, TVA’s River Management Team works around the clock, managing the Tennessee River system to provide a variety of benefits, including flood control, navigation, hydroelectric generation, recreation, and water quality and supply.
TVA monitors and adjusts river flow to meet municipality, water temperature, and dissolved oxygen requirements for our own health, as well as that of the other species that share our waterways. Read more about water quality .
The River Forecast Center in Knoxville, Tenn., is staffed around the clock, 365 days a year, monitoring weather conditions and forecasts and constantly watching and adjusting the Tennessee River system to protect and provide the best overall value for the people of the Tennessee Valley.
In 2017, TVA River Management deployed a new suite of models and data management tools built on the Flood Early Warning System for consistency, more modern water resources management, and modeling also used by the National Weather Service and large hydro operators worldwide.
3 kwi 2016 · TVA’s management of the Tennessee River system incorporates this broad spectrum of sustainability through system-wide and site-specific programs. Some key initiatives and programs which have helped ensure TVA produce reliable power while safe-guarding biodiversity are outlined below.
The potential of RIS to bring inland navigation to a better position in the transport chain was also recognised by international organisations like the UNECE, River Commissions like the Rhine, Danube and Sava Commissions and the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC).
River Information Services is the concept for information services in inland navigation to support traffic and transport management in inland navigation, including interfaces to other transport modes.
