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The Bureau of Reclamation, formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and operation of the diversion, delivery, and storage projects that it has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant ...
Following is a complete list of the approximately 340 dams owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as of 2008. [1] The Bureau was established in July 1902 as the "United States Reclamation Service" and was renamed in 1923. The agency has operated in the 17 western states of the continental U.S., divided into five administrative regions.
The United States Society on Dams is a professional association headquartered in Westminster, Colorado that is dedicated to: [1] Advancing the knowledge of dam engineering , construction , planning, operation, performance, rehabilitation, decommissioning, maintenance, security and safety;
Pages in category "United States Bureau of Reclamation dams" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 216 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Board decision affirmed, 2004 Me. Super. LEXIS 115 (Me. Super. Ct. May 4, 2004); affirmed, 868 A.2d 210 (Me. 2005); cert. granted, 126 S. Ct. 415 (2005) Holding; Because the outflow of water from a hydroelectric dam constitutes a "discharge" into navigable waters, it is subject to the Clean Water Act's requirement of state certification.
The project began in 1903 and the majority of the work was completed by 1915. It was the first dam and reclamation project on the Colorado River and workers had to overcome many natural and logistical obstacles to build and maintain it. The Laguna Diversion Dam was replaced by the Imperial Dam as the Project's water source between 1941 and 1948 ...
Lake Casitas is a reservoir in Ventura County, California, built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and completed in 1959. [2] The project provides drinking water and water for irrigation. [3] [4] A secondary benefit is flood control. It was the venue for canoeing and rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (WRDA 1996) is part of Pub. L. 104–303 (text), was enacted by Congress of the United States on October 12, 1996. [1] Most of the provisions of WRDA 1996 are administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.