With some planning the river can be used. Piping does wonders but the river is being used as an EXCUSE not to do what is needed doing. Enough Excuses. Do It Now! In our state Tennessee and in North Carolina we pipe rivers across mountains for use.
You see only the water...... the river is a corridor, a means of transport used for many purposes besides the water alone.
Would you prohibit the electricity from say Nickajack dam? Would you prohibit fishing in Chicamauga lake?
Would you prevent water sports on Norris reservoir?
You seem willing to give up sovereignty rather than go on the offense and make it very expensive and painful for those that cross the border illegally. You seem willing to surrender rather than fight