Adaptation Measures

Table 6-1. List of potential adaptation measures.  

SECTOR

ADAPTATION MEASURES

Economic Activity

•

Hydro-electric

Expand water storage capacity

power

•

Implement drought surcharges

generation

•

Assess standards for transmission equipment  

and

•

Promote voluntary water conservation

transmission

•

Diversify power supply

•

Commercial

Opportunity for year-round shipping with less or no ice cover

Navigation

•

Lower water levels require lighter loads and more frequent trips

•

Dredge shipping channels (incorporate risk assessment for resuspension of pollutants and disposal

of sediment)

•

Build locks and weirs to manage water levels for navigation

•

Assess implications (economic and environmental) of modal shifts

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