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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
Its major purpose is to operate and maintain a set of locks and dams along the course of the Kentucky River, which were originally built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As of May 2018, Locks 5 through 14 are operated by the Authority, while Locks 1 through 4 are in the process of being deeded over to it. [1] The Authority was established ...
Title 10 of the United States Code legally empowers the United States government to mobilize Texas Military Forces when more resources are needed than available in the United States Armed Forces for war, national emergency, or national security. Operations are conducted under command of the United States Department of Defense.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, [2] USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising the five U.S. armed services, the Army; Navy; Marines; Air Force; Space Force; the Coast Guard for some purposes, and related functions and agencies.