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Rivers of Tulsa County, Oklahoma (4 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Tulsa County, Oklahoma" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Lake Yahola is a reservoir in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [3] The reservoir was completed in 1924. Its primary purpose is to store raw water for treatment and distribution. This city-owned, 2-billion-US-gallon (7,600,000 m 3), concrete-lined lake is an integral part of the Tulsa water supply, and receives water by pipeline from Lake Spavinaw.
The Spavinaw Water Project was established to provide fresh water for Tulsa, Oklahoma from a site on Spavinaw Creek near the town of Spavinaw in Mayes County, Oklahoma. Planning and financing began in 1919, The project scope included site selection, designing and constructing a dam to impound the creek, a 55-mile long pipeline to carry water to ...
The Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma [1] created to control, develop, and maintain the Grand River waterway. It was created by the Oklahoma state legislature in 1935, and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. GRDA was designed to be self-funding from the sales of electricity and water.
In 2012, Tulsa was ranked second for young people to find a job by the Fiscal Times. [14] Engine Advocacy ranked the Tulsa metro as being one of the fastest growing high tech cities in the nation, 2010-2012, [ 15 ] and the city was expected to have continuous growth throughout 2013. [ 16 ]
The water storage capacity is rated as 552,210 acre-feet (681,140,000 m 3). [2] The lake is formed along the Verdigris River , and is a source of water for the Tulsa Metropolitan Area . The purpose of the dam and lake is flood control, water supply, navigation , recreation, and fish and wildlife.
Tulsa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census , the population was 669,279, [ 1 ] making it the second-most populous county in the state, behind only Oklahoma County .
In 1952, Lake Eucha in Delaware County, Oklahoma, was created by completion of the Eucha dam on Spavinaw Creek. [1] The nearest town is Jay, Oklahoma. [2] This lake is owned by the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma and functions as additional storage and as a buffer for Lake Spavinaw, which is the principal municipal water source for Tulsa.