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Kirk Road in Austintown, Ohio was named after him. Although, many water sources had been considered, including Lake Erie, it was decided to build a Mineral Ridge (Weathersfield Township), Ohio Dam on Meander Creek to create the reservoir with a purification plant. The total cost was nearly $9.2 million.
Bachman Lake was originally constructed in 1903 by damming Bachman Branch as a water source for Dallas, but it proved to be too small for the city's needs which led to the construction of White Rock Lake in 1911. Today, Dallas Water Utilities operates the Bachman Water Treatment Plant (WTP), which is the city's oldest operating water treatment ...
At that level the water is backed up the Black Fork about 5.2 miles (8.4 km). When the dam is holding the maximum flood water it is designed to hold there would be 6,050 acres (24.5 km 2) surface acres of water behind the dam and water would be backed up the Black Fork 19.8 miles (31.9 km). [2]
Reservoir design flood peak flow: 6,100 cu ft/s (170 m 3 /s) [2] The normal pool level of the lake is 928 feet (283 m), at which a 1,540 acres (6 km 2) reservoir is formed. During times of excessive rain and snow melt, the corps of engineers can impound more water, up to a maximum possible level of 941 feet (287 m) with 2,460 acres (10.0 km 2).
Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) is the water and wastewater service operated by the City of Dallas, Texas, in the United States. DWU is a non-profit City of Dallas department that provides services to the city and 31 nearby communities, employs approximately 1450 people, and consists of 26 programs.
O. C. Fisher Reservoir (also known as O. C. Fisher Lake, formerly known as San Angelo Lake) is an artificial lake located west of the city of San Angelo, Texas.With the financial support of the Upper Colorado River Authority, construction on the dam to form the reservoir was begun by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1947 and the lake was officially impounded in 1952.
Tappan Lake, also known as Tappan Reservoir, [1] is a reservoir in Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The lake covers 2,350 acres (9.5 km 2) of water and 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of surrounding land, as part of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. Normal pool elevation is 899.3 ft (274.1 m) above sea level. The lake has a 399 ...
A water resource region is the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units as part of the U.S. hydrologic unit system. This first level of classification divides the United States into 21 major geographic areas, or regions.