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<br /> <br /> <br />L":> <br /> <br />DESCRIPTIon OF BASIN <br /> <br />" <br />- <br /> <br />00 <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />Lake Mead pl"Ovide:... mo::;t of the :3torage ar.d regulation in the J:.ower <br />COlo1"a,io River 3.'3.sin \.lith the 'Water being stored for irriga-:'.::.on and <br />~iclpal and industrlal uses, generation of el~ctrical r~wer, and other <br />beneficial uses. <br /> <br />La.ke Mohave, tht:~ N'Se-rvoir for~ed by Davis Dim, backs .mter at high <br />.;tages about 67 miles upstream to the tailrace of Hoover Poverplant. <br />3torage in Lake Mohave is used far some reregulation of releases fro~ <br />HOover Da'CI, for meetir~ treaty Tt.."'quirement:_: ...i th Nexico, and for devel- <br />oping pow-er head for the Pr-oduct ion of electrical energy at Davis Power- <br />plant. <br /> <br />The rber i"lo,""s through a natural channel for about 10 mile~. belo.... <br />Davis Da.:ll at which point the river enters the broad Mohave Valley 33 <br />nile:o: abOve the Upper end of Lake Havusu. <br /> <br />La..ke HaVU:5U b.::.-:~u up behind Farker Dam for l.l.bout !.j5 miles ar,d cov- <br />ers about 25,000 Ul:re:;,. A foreba.y was const1"U,:ted in I..aJ.:e Hava::;u from <br />Oi'hich the Metropolitan Water District of' Southern California P1..l.r.1ps water <br />lnto the Colorado River Aqueduct. Lake Havazu also ~ontrol$ fLOOds orig- <br />inating below Davis Dam. <br /> <br />Headgate Rock Ihrn, Palo Verde Diversion Dar:1, and Imperial Da.m all <br />Serve as diversion struCtU1'e~ with practically no storag0. Imperial Dam, <br />located same 150 miles downstrewn from Farker Dam, i,; the major diver- <br />sion structure to irrigation projects in the Imperial Valley and Yuma <br />areas. It diven, '\.later on the right bank. to the All Ii..'nerican Canal <br />";hich deliver;::: '\.later to ~he Ywm project ir. Arizona and California and <br />Imperial and CoacheUIl Valleys in California. It divert:;; on the left <br />bank to the Gila Gravit;y !-1uin CanaL <br /> <br />The :lel..Iy const!'ucterl ~enato:r Wa~,h Dam al <br />Lhe ~le~nity of LT.rerial Dw~ urn assist~ \n the <br />!.lexicc. <br /> <br />afford:::: <br />de] iver21 <br /> <br />rEpulti~ io:! in <br /><.,if .....,'..:"'1" to <br /> <br />" <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />