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  2. List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams - Wikipedia

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    Following is a complete list of the approximately 340 dams owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as of 2008. [1] The Bureau was established in July 1902 as the "United States Reclamation Service" and was renamed in 1923. The agency has operated in the 17 western states of the continental U.S., divided into five administrative regions.

  3. United States Bureau of Reclamation - Wikipedia

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    The Bureau of Reclamation, formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and operation of the diversion, delivery, and storage projects that it has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant ...

  4. List of dams and reservoirs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3). [1] The following is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in the United States. There are an estimated 84,000 dams in ...

  5. Carlsbad Irrigation District - Wikipedia

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    The system has since then been augmented by the Brantley Dam, which now serves as its primary storage, and a dam on the Black River near Malaga that provides additional capacity in that area. [3] In addition to the two major dams, the district manages the major canals that distribute water to users, and the various gatehouses that control water ...

  6. Bonneville Power Administration - Wikipedia

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    The BPA is the designated marketer for 31 hydroelectric dams and the Columbia Generating Station, a nuclear power plant at the Hanford Site. The dams are owned and operated by either the Army Corps of Engineers (21 dams) or the Bureau of Reclamation (10 dams). [1]

  7. Category:United States Bureau of Reclamation dams - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "United States Bureau of Reclamation dams" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 216 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. Middle Rio Grande Project - Wikipedia

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    Storage dams: El Vado Dam Cochiti Dam: Diversion dams: Angostura Diversion Dam Isleta Diversion Dam San Acacia Diversion Dam: Operations; Authorities: United States Bureau of Reclamation – United States Army Corps of Engineers – Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District: Land irrigated: 89,652 acres (36,281 ha)

  9. Lovewell Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Lovewell Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with a structural height of 93 feet (28 m) and a length of 8,500 feet (2,600 m). At its crest, the dam has an elevation of 1,616 feet (493 m). [ 14 ] A 53-foot (16 m) concrete spillway controlled by two radial gates is located at the south end of the dam and empties into the creek.