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Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Meigs and Rhea counties in Tennessee, United States.The dam is one of nine dams on the main Tennessee River channel operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to provide flood control and electricity and to help create a continuous navigable channel along the entire length of the river.
By 2 p.m. or 3 p.m. Sept. 29, according to the latest available data, this is how much water TVA was sending through its Tennessee River dams, ordered from furthest upstream to furthest downstream:
The Tennessee Valley Authority is forecasting 3-5 inches of rain through Jan. 27. The federal utility is spilling water through five of its nine river dams to create more space for runoff and rain ...
Watts Bar's sport fishing ratings for crappie, black crappie, largemouth bass, and spotted bass are at or near the top in the TVA system. [2] ( The state of Tennessee advises against eating fish caught in certain areas of the lake due to PCB contamination.) [3] The area also provides many opportunities for birdwatching, with an extremely large population of great blue herons, over 120 nesting ...
The TVA established the stairway of nine dams and locks that turned the Tennessee River into a 652-mile-long river highway. Dams and reservoirs on the main stem of the river include the following (listed from the furthest upstream to the furthest downstream): Fort Loudoun Dam impounds Fort Loudoun Lake; Watts Bar Dam impounds Watts Bar Lake
Ahead of next week's big thaw, when the 6.5 to 10 inches of snow that fell Jan. 15 on East Tennessee will finally melt, the Tennessee Valley Authority is monitoring how runoff may affect river levels.
Tennessee Valley Authority: 1959 2018 Watts Bar Steam Plant: Rhea County, Tennessee: 267 Tennessee Valley Authority 1942 1982 John Sevier Fossil Plant: Hawkins County, Tennessee: 880 Tennessee Valley Authority 1957 2012 Johnsonville Fossil Plant: New Johnsonville, Tennessee: 1500 Tennessee Valley Authority 1951 2017 Bull Run Fossil Plant [13 ...
— Tennessee Valley Authority (@TVAnews) September 29, 2024 The reservoirs, like Douglas Lake and Watauga Lake, are held back by TVA dams before the water rushes into rivers and communities ...