TREATY PROJECTS
Among the projects proposed under the Columbia River Treaty were construction and operation of 15.5
million acre-feet of Canadian storage and optimization of power generation and flood control
downstream in the U.S. & Canada . Construction of the Libby
reservoir under the Treaty provisions added another 5 million acre-feet of storage.
Implementation involved development of four treaty projects:
Implementation of the four Treaty Projects included a detailed operating plan
for Canadian Storage as well as
supplemental agreements:
1. Detailed Operating Plans for Canadian Treaty Projects:
- Article XIV (2) of the Treaty allows the Entities to prepare the Detailed Operating Plan (DOP) for the upcoming year.
- Must agree on changes (mutual benefits).
- The DOP includes the process for determining real-time project operations.
- Authorizes the mutually beneficial changes to the DOP for power and non-power purposes.
