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The Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company is a private company chartered by Section 182.70 of the Wisconsin Statutes. The company is responsible for organizing the flow from most of the upper Wisconsin River tributaries, and this flow affects the economy and ecosystem of the entire river. Its member companies are the owners and operators of dams along the Wisconsin River, such as paper manufacturers and utility companies with hydroelectric facilities on that river. The company is located in Wausau, Wisconsin. They include: 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company )〕 *NewPage *Domtar *Packaging Corporation of America *Wisconsin River Power Company〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wisconsin River Power Company )〕 *Alliant Energy *Wausau Paper *Expera Specialty Solutions〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Expera Specialty Solutions )〕 *Wisconsin Public Service Corporation According to its charter, the company is to maintain
The reservoirs it operates
The company was founded by an act of the Wisconsin State Legislature in 1907, as an outgrowth of several previous attempts to organize cooperative use of the water resources in the upper Wisconsin River basin. The company owns and maintains 21 reservoirs on the Wisconsin River and its tributaries. Sixteen of these reservoirs are natural lake reservoirs, and five are artificial reservoirs. Of the five artificial reservoirs, one is on the Wisconsin River: Rainbow Flowage. The other four are on the Willow River, Tomahawk River, Spirit River, and Big Eau Pleine River, all of which are western tributaries of the Wisconsin. 〔 〕 ==See also== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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