Treaty relating to cooperative development of the water resources of the Columbia River Basin (with annexes)

From AquaPedia Case Study Database
Jump to: navigation, search


page needs formatting clean up
This page has some formatting and/or grammatical issues and could be cleaned up to improve readability. Consider improving it. Check the discussion page to see comments about the work requested.
one or more sections are empty!)
This page contains 1 or more empty sections and needs improvement! Please consider adding to it. Check the discussion page to see comments about the work requested.
sections need more detail
This page contains 1 or more sections that lack detail and need improvement! Please consider adding to it. Check the discussion page to see comments about the work requested.


About Treaty relating to cooperative development of the water resources of the Columbia River Basin (with annexes)

Signed: 1961/01/17

Agreement Type: treaty, trans-national

Included in Agreement
Riparians - Canada, United States of America
Water Resources - Columbia Basin

All Facts about Treaty relating to cooperative development of the water resources of the Columbia River Basin (with annexes)


This document represents a primary agreement between the included parties.[1] The primary issue covered by this document is hydro-power/hydro-electricity, but is linked to non-water issues via capital.[1]

Comments on this agreement from the TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database include:A permanent engineering board is also established. The treaty also specifies exact numbers for compensation of lost downstream power: 2.70 mills per kilowatt-hour, and 46 cents per kilowatt of dependable (non-seasonal?) capacity for each month or fracti[1]and regarding allocations: Canada and the United States of America are in agreement that Article XIII (1) of the Treaty provides to each of them a right to divert water for consumptive use.[1]

Case Studies Related to this Agreement

Articles linked to this Agreement

Riparians Water Features

Agreement includes riparian- Canada, United States of America

Includes Water Resource- Columbia Basin


Projects and Initiatives Agreements and Treaties








External Links

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Treaty relating to cooperative development of the water resources of the Columbia River Basin (with annexes) entry in the Transboundary Freshwater Agreements Database, a Product of the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database. Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Additional information about the TFDD can be found at: <http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu>. Entry accessed online August 30 2014 at: http://ocid.nacse.org/tfdd/treaties.php?page=full&origin=river&tn=246



Retrieved from "http://aquapedia.waterdiplomacy.org/wiki/index.php?title=Treaty_relating_to_cooperative_development_of_the_water_resources_of_the_Columbia_River_Basin_(with_annexes)&oldid=7477"
Facts about "Treaty relating to cooperative development of the water resources of the Columbia River Basin (with annexes)"RDF feed
Agreement Includes ResourceColumbia Basin +
Agreement Includes RiparianCanada + and United States of America +
Agreement Signed17 January 1961 +
Agreement Typetreaty + and trans-national +