CVA--Its Background and Issues.

MANAGEMENT committees; VALLEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL protection

COLUMBIA River Valley; WASHINGTON (D.C.)Report Available; TENNESSEEReport Available; UNITED StatesReport Available

This article presents issues and controversies related to the Columbia Valley Authority. Establishment of a Columbia Valley Authority was advocated by some people ever since the first days of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Belief in success of the Tennessee Valley Authority has encouraged some to advocate extension of the so-called valley authority methods to the Columbia River Basin while others, equally convinced of the failure of the TVA or, believing other methods to be better solutions, have opposed such an extension. The question of whether a Columbia Valley Authority is the proper solution, hinges largely on whether one believes better results, will be attained under the aegis of a single, unified, decentralized control, largely independent of Washington D.C.