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Carvins Cove Natural Reserve is a 12,700-acre (51 km 2) city park in Botetourt and Roanoke counties, Virginia.Managed by the Western Virginia Water Authority and the City of Roanoke, it is the fifth-largest city park in the United States, and the second-largest city park managed by a municipality. [1]
Today the reservoir serves as the Western Virginia Water Authority's primary source of water for 130,000 customers in the Roanoke Valley. [6] Additionally, the Cove is the ninth largest municipal park in the United States and offers numerous mountain biking, hiking and equestrian trails, connection to the Appalachian Trail and boating ...
West Virginia Department of Agriculture; West Virginia Department of Commerce. West Virginia Division of Forestry; West Virginia Division of Labor; West Virginia Division of Natural Resources; West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey; West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training; West Virginia Water Development Authority ...
West Etowah County Water Authority; West Lauderdale County Water And Fire Protection Authority; ... Virginia American Water Company (Alexandria, Dale City and ...
The James River and Kanawha Canal was a project first proposed by George Washington when he was a young man surveying the mountains of western Virginia, which at the time consisted of what is today West Virginia, Kentucky, and to the north bank of the Ohio river. He was searching for a way to open a water route to the West.
Troutville is located at (37.415406, -79.876967. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9 square mile (2.3 km 2), all land.. In 2018, Troutville leaders discussed a boundary line adjustment to add 2,600 acres to the town limits, seven times its current size.
The Millard H. Robbins, Jr. Water Reclamation Plant, which is operated by the Upper Occoquan Service Authority (UOSA), is located in Centreville, Virginia and it was formerly known as the Upper Occoquan Sewage Authority. UOSA serves the western portions of Fairfax and Prince William Counties, and the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. [1]
Spring Hollow Reservoir is a 158-acre (0.64 km 2), 3.3-billion-US-gallon (12,000,000 m 3) side-stream reservoir in Roanoke County, Virginia with the largest roller-compacted concrete dam east of the Mississippi [1] Having commenced operation in 1996, it is now the main source of water for residents of Roanoke County.