Continued from Tuesday afternoon. Tennessee Valley Authority s River Forecasting Center Homer Gray, Tennessee Valley Authority. Free for all conference registrants. Participants will see how TVA forecasts hydro power production, and how lake levels and hydro releases are determined. TVA s system is an integrated reservoir system trying to maximize benefits to navigation, flood control, hydro generation, water supply, and water quality.
Participation is limited, so pre-registration is required.
Because of space constraints at TVA s facility, the tour will be broken into two groups. Homer Gray, Tennessee Valley Authority. Free for all conference registrants. Participants will see the first dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1936 and the town built to house the constructions workers. See the weir in the tailwaters built to infuse oxygen into the water to improve aquatic life.