International team visits Tennessee for water development initiative
An international team from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam visited the Tennessee and Cumberland River Systems last week at the invitation of the United States in support of water development in the Lower Mekong River Basin.
The U.S. State Department sponsored the sharing of information with members of the Lower Mekong Initiative June 10-14. They met with officials from the U.S. Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge; Tennessee Valley Authority officials in Knoxville and Chattanooga; and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District officials in Chattanooga and Nashville.
These federal agencies partnered together throughout the week to highlight how the U.S. manages its waterways as environmental stewards in support of flood risk reduction, generation of hydroelectricity, navigation, water quality, water storage, and other purposes such as recreation.
Leon Roberts
