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Hydropower

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Hydropower production at the Keokuk Lock and Dam #19

Electricity has been generated at lock and dam hydropower facilities on the Upper Mississippi River since 1913 after the first lock and dam was built at Keokuk, Iowa. 

River managers continue to balance the production of clean energy and the negative impacts that hydropower projects can bring to the river ecosystem.

Keokuk – Lock and Dam #19 – USFWS Photo


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UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
UMRCC Coordinator Neal Jackson
Large Rivers Coordination Office
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292 San Diego Road
Carbondale, Illinois 62901

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