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<br />Water, which also meant power, was
<br />within reach and obtainable, but it was
<br />being wasted annually in Colorado River
<br />floods. Instead of being allowed to
<br />destroy, the floodwaters could be har-
<br />nessed and put to beneficial lIse. But the
<br />problem of how best to control the river
<br />was a difficult one. Not the least
<br />perplexing problem was the question of
<br />how to finance so large an undertaking.
<br />When plans for the construction of
<br />Hoover Dam began to take shape.
<br />Reclamation planners recognized that
<br />hydroelectric power could be produced
<br />and sold, and the revenues from this sale
<br />rctumed to the United States Treasury.
<br />Moreover. they believed enough power
<br />could be generated and sold to make the
<br />project self-liquidating. Power made
<br />construction of Hoover Dam possible.
<br />Today, Hoover Powcrplant can supply
<br />whole cities with light and power.
<br />Transmission lines carry hydroelectric
<br />power from the dam to homes, farnls,
<br />stores, factories, mines, smelters, pump-
<br />ing plants, and refineries in southern
<br />California, southern Nevada, and
<br />Arizona.
<br />Hoover Powerplant has 17 giant
<br />generators, with an installed capacity of
<br />1,407,300 kilowatts. Until 1949, it was
<br />the largest hydroelectric powerplant in
<br />the world.
<br />During the 1970-1980 operating years,
<br />Hoover Powerplant generated an average
<br />of nearly 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours of
<br />energy each year. During the operating
<br />year June I, 1952, through May 31,
<br />1953, the plant produced 6,463,483,000
<br />kilowatt-hours of electrical energy, an
<br />all-time high. A total of 171,599,085,030
<br />kilowatt-hours of energy was generated at
<br />Hoover between June I, 1937, and May
<br />31, 1983.
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