USGS Office of International Programs team reconnaissance trip to Itaipu Binacional, Brazil and Paraguay
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of International Programs team of Joel Groten (Upper Midwest Water Science Center), Molly Wood (Water Mission Area [WMA], on detail to OIP), and Brian McCallum (WMA) participated in a reconnaissance trip to Itaipu Binacional, Foz do Iguazu, Brazil and Paraguay, during March 25 – April 3, 2023.
The Itaipu Binational hydropower company is the world’s largest generator of electricity by hydropower, located on the border of Brazil and Paraguay.
Formed by an international treaty between Paraguay and Brazil in 1973, its mission focuses on energy generation, while balancing the needs of the environment, tourism, and social responsibility. Itaipu performs its own environmental monitoring and data analyses, which led them to seek out collaboration with the USGS who is known world-wide as a leader in environmental monitoring techniques.
The USGS and Itaipu started working together in January 2020. The reconnaissance trip included meetings, presentations from USGS and Itaipu, and site visits to observe Itaipu’s operations in the following areas: discharge monitoring, water quality and sediment monitoring, bathymetric surveying, fish passage, dam safety monitoring, water quality and sediment laboratories, wildlife and vegetation conservation, and on-site research center partnerships.
Five USGS employees (Bruce Lindsey, Tyler King, Steve Low, Dana Kolpin, Paul Kinzel) and three U.S. Bureau of Reclamation employees (Jeff Morris, Angela Medina, and Paul Craig) delivered remote presentations during the week.
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