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<br />,..'. <br /> <br />stored water for irrigation and other beneficial consumptive uses <br />v.l.thin the United States; and for the generation of lUectrical <br />energy to aid in making the project self-supporting. <br />Davis Dam is a zoned esrthfill structure about 200 feet high <br />v.l.th a crest length of about 1600 feet. Lake Mohave, the reserY"o1r <br />formed by Davis Dam, backs water at high stages about 67 miles <br />upstream to the tailrace of Hoover Poverplant. Storage in Lake <br />Mohave ill used for some reregulation of releases from Hoover Dam, <br />for meeting treaty requirements with Mexico, and for developing <br />power head for the production of electrical energy at Davis <br />Powerplant. <br />The river :novs through a naturall.y controlled channel for <br />about 10 miles belov Davis Dam, at which point the river enters <br />the broad Mohave valley through which it traverses about 33 miles <br />of dredged channel to the vicinity of Topock. 'l'opock is approxi- <br />mately the upper end of Havasu Lake. <br />Parker D8lll. is a concrete arch Iltructure about 320 feet high <br />and 856 feet long. About 235 feet of this structure is below the <br />bed of the river. Havasu Lake backs up behind Parker DlIIIl for <br />about 45 ~s and covers about 25,000 acrell. A forebq vas con- <br />structed in Havaau Lake from which Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California pumps vater into its aqu.educt. Storage in <br />Hav88u Lake also prOVides for the control of floods originating <br />alollg the river below Davis D8lll. and in the BUJ. WUJ.illlllS River <br />drainage basin, and for power head for the production of electri- <br />cal energy at Parker Powerplant. <br /> <br />19 <br />