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The Jordan Lake Dam (also known as the B. Everett Jordan Project and the New Hope Dam) is located at 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream from the mouth of the Haw River in the upper Cape Fear River drainage Completed in 1974 by the Nello L. Teer Company , it is 1,330 feet (410 m) in length and has a top elevation of 266.5 feet (81.2 m) above mean sea level.
Jordan Dam in background. Jordan Lake is a lake in Elmore County, Alabama.The closest city is Wetumpka.. Jordan Lake is a reservoir with a water surface of 6,800 acres (28 km 2), shoreline of about 188 miles (303 km), a total length of 18 miles (29 km), and a maximum storage volume of 236,200 acre-feet (291,300,000 m 3). [1]
In 1973, the name of the project was changed to B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake in honor of the former senator from North Carolina. Jordan Lake Park's 46,768 acres (189 km 2) are not only a popular source of recreation, they also provide the water supply for surrounding cities, flood and water quality control, and fish and wildlife conservation. [2]
The treatment plant is technically the water quality permit holder for anything that is discharged. For example, the City of Burlington holds the permit for the discharge into the Haw River.
Holt Lock and Dam: Holt Lake: Black Warrior River [2] [3] Howell Heflin Lock and Dam: Gainesville Lake: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: Jordan Dam: Jordan Lake: Coosa River: Lake Tuscaloosa Dam: Lake Tuscaloosa: North River: Lay Dam: Lay Lake: Coosa River: Little Bear Creek Dam: Little Bear Creek Reservoir: Little Bear Creek: Logan Martin Dam ...
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The salinity of water in Lake Tiberias ranges from 240 ppm in the upper end of the lake (marginal for irrigation water), to 350 ppm (too high for sensitive citrus fruits) where it discharges back into the Jordan River. [4] The salt comes from the saline subterranean springs.