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Lower Colorado–Lake Mead subregion: The Colorado River Basin from the Lee Ferry compact point to Hoover Dam, but excluding the Little Colorado River Basin. Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. 29,900 sq mi (77,000 km 2) HUC1501: 1502 Little Colorado subregion: The Little Colorado River Basin. Arizona and New Mexico. 26,900 sq mi (70,000 km 2) HUC1502: 1503
This is a List of dams of the Lower Colorado River Valley in the United States. There are many smaller dams, check dams, or diversion dams, that lace the length of the Colorado River. The major Davis Dam directly downstream of Hoover Dam has the purpose of re-regulating Hoover Dam releases.
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is a nonprofit public utility created in November 1934 by the Texas Legislature. [1] LCRA's mission is to enhance the lives of the Texans it serves through water stewardship, energy and community service.
Created by the Texas legislature in 1934, LCRA manages the lower 600 miles of the Texas Colorado River, which provides water to more than 1.4 million people, and is one of the largest public power providers in Texas, supplying power to more than 30 retail electric cooperatives and municipalities.
The current system by which Colorado River water is allocated expires at the end of 2026, and water users are scrambling to reach an agreement. The Central Arizona Project and Tom Buschatzke ...
Operators of the Weir River Water System − which serves Hingham, Hull and North Cohasset − said discoloration in those communities was directly linked to the recent weather.
The Lower Colorado River Valley has unique plant communities because it is the most arid part of the desert and it has the highest temperatures, in excess of 120 °F (49 °C) during the summer. The low humidity means that most plants must have mechanisms that deal with severe water loss through evaporation.
Mansfield Dam (formerly Marshall Ford Dam) is a dam located across a canyon at Marshall Ford on the Colorado River, 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Austin, Texas.The groundbreaking ceremony occurred on February 19, 1937, with United States Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes attending.