- Joined
- Mar 3, 2022
- Location
- Shakelton Crater
The treaty first came into effect in 1964, after devastating floods nearly two decades before that destroyed Oregon’s second-largest city and swaths of southern British Columbia.
Under the terms of the agreement, Canada must control the flow of the Columbia River through its network of dams to ensure US hydropower generators receive enough water and to prevent flooding. Those benefits are worth roughly $200m (C$288m) annually for the province.
For its part, the US must also give Canada half the additional potential hydroelectric power produced by dams, which it sells at market rate.
www.theguardian.com
Under the terms of the agreement, Canada must control the flow of the Columbia River through its network of dams to ensure US hydropower generators receive enough water and to prevent flooding. Those benefits are worth roughly $200m (C$288m) annually for the province.
For its part, the US must also give Canada half the additional potential hydroelectric power produced by dams, which it sells at market rate.
US pauses water-sharing negotiations with Canada over Columbia River
Break in talks comes as Trump escalates trade war with Canada and threatens its sovereignty
www.theguardian.com
