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The US Coast Guard under command of the US Navy has also participated in riverine warfare. Riverine warfare has a long history in the Navy, dating back to the Revolutionary War , when American sailors in row galleys engaged the formidable warships of the hated British overseers operating in colonial waterways.
The authority has helped to provide financial and administrative support to other operating authorities to establish three reservoirs on the Upper Colorado River and its tributaries: [1] E.V. Spence Reservoir, managed by the Colorado River Municipal Water District; O.C. Fisher Reservoir, managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
Water companies of the United States (1 C, 78 P) Pages in category "Water management authorities in the United States" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (codified in Chapter 33, Section 403 of the United States Code) gave the Corps authority over navigable waters of the United States, defined as "those waters that are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and/or are presently being used, or have been used in the past, or may be susceptible for ...
A Mobile Riverine Force monitor using napalm in the Vietnam War. In the Vietnam War, the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) (after May 1967), initially designated Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force, and later the Riverines, were a joint US Army and US Navy force that comprised a substantial part of the brown-water navy.
USACE Mississippi Valley Division, shown in blue. The United States Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) is responsible for the Corps water resources programs within 370,000-square-miles of the Mississippi River Valley, as well as the watershed portions of the Red River of the North that are within the United States.
This is a list of military installations owned or used by the United States Armed Forces both in the United States and around the world. This list details only current or recently closed facilities; some defunct facilities are found at Category:Former military installations of the United States .
River authorities in the U.S. state of Texas are public agencies established by the state legislature and given authority to develop and manage the waters of the state. These authorities are given powers to conserve, store, control, preserve, utilize, and distribute the waters of a designated geographic region for the benefit of the public.