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As part the tunnel project the Williams Fork Reservoir was built to store water for downstream calls. It was completed in 1938. [64] Plans for an even more ambitious diversion (eventually named the Roberts Tunnel) were first filed with the Colorado State Engineer in 1927, [65] though it would not start diverting water until 1964. [66]
The state of Colorado is a headwater state, which means that many rivers in the western and midwestern United States originate in Colorado. The Platte River, the Arkansas River, the Rio Grande River and the Colorado River all have their headwaters in Colorado. [2] Colorado's use of these waters has an effect on users downstream.
The Colorado Territory existed until it was admitted into the Union as the State of Colorado on August 1, 1876. The Colorado Enabling Act is signed on March 3, 1875. On March 3, 1875, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed An Act to enable the people of Colorado to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of the said ...
Provides state and federal funding to private housing developers, housing authorities and local governments to increase the inventory of affordable housing. Offers Section 8 rental assistance statewide through local housing authorities and non-profit service organizations. Certifies all factory/manufactured structures built in or shipped to ...
According to their mission statement, the agency . administers water rights, issues water well permits, represents Colorado in interstate water compact proceedings, monitors streamflow and water use, approves construction and repair of dams and performs dam safety inspections, issues licenses for well drillers and assures the safe and proper construction of water wells, and maintains numerous ...
The $21.6 million project by the Army Corps of Engineers has been criticized for amplifying flood conditions downstream while keeping those upstream in Mahwah and Oakland out of harm’s way.
The change was opposed by many local residents in Utah and Colorado, and the new name was enforced locally by acts of the state legislatures in both states in the early 1920s. One of the major ongoing concerns since the 1920s was the expanding population, which increased the demand for water, particularly in California.
Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River 155 miles (249 km) downstream of Hoover Dam.Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation, it is 320 feet (98 m) high, 235 feet (72 m) of which are below the riverbed (the deep excavation was necessary in order to reach the bedrock on which the foundation of the dam was built), [1] [2] making it the deepest ...