Using research and data from various government sources, the National Waterways Foundation (NWF) collaborated with Cambridge Systematics Inc. to estimate the economic value of inland-waterways systems in 17 States: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Released on August 11, individual state profiles detail each state’s current commodity flows (including top inland commodities by weight and value); accessible inland waterways (including number of miles of navigable waterways within the state); and waterways-dependent industries (including those that benefit most).
Readers will also find information on each state’s number of inland waterways-supported jobs, associated state and local tax revenues, and relationship between inland-waterways freight volumes and trucking demand.
