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<br />. <br /> <br />o <br />00 <br />N <br />to <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF BASIN (Continued) <br /> <br />Lake Havasu backs up behind Parker Dam for about 45 miles (72 km) <br />and covers about 25,000 acres (10,100 ha). Lake Havasu serves as a <br />forebay from which the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Cali- <br />fornia pumps water into the Colorado River Aqueduct, Havasu Lake will <br />also serve as forebay for the Central Arizona Project pumping plants and <br />aqueducts. Lake Havasu and Alamo Dam and Reservoir are used to control <br />floods originating below Davis Dam and above Parker Dam. <br /> <br />Headgate Rock Dam, Palo Verde Diversion Dam, and Imperial Dam all <br />serve as diversion structures with practically no storage, Imperial <br />Dam, located some 150 miles (240 km) downstream from Parker Dam, is the <br />major diversion structure to irrigation projects in the Imperial Valley <br />and Yuma areas. It diverts water 00 the right bank to the All-American <br />Canal which delivers water to the Yuma Project in Arizona and California <br />and Imperial and Coachella Valleys in California. It diverts on the <br />left bank to the Gila Gravity Main Canal: <br /> <br />The Senator Wash Dam also affords regulation in the vicinity of <br />Imperial Dam and assists in the delivery of water to Mexico. This dam <br />and reservoir is used for pump back storage, power generation, and <br />recreation, <br /> <br />11 <br />