The untold story of the Lower Colorado River Authority /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, John, 1951 September 13- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:River books (Series)
Temas:
Lower Colorado River Authority > History.
Lower Colorado River Authority.
Water resources development > Texas > Colorado River Watershed > History.
River engineering > Texas > Colorado River Watershed > History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Hydraulics.
River engineering.
Water resources development.
Texas > Colorado River Watershed.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Andrew Sansom
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Creating LCRA
  • The era of frustration
  • False start
  • New Deal
  • Dams on the river
  • Setting up shop
  • The ultimate project
  • The day LCRA blew up a dam
  • Low cost power
  • "We have taken over"
  • Living better electrically
  • Public power's dividends
  • The winds of change
  • Energy and other crises
  • The winds of change
  • The power to make a difference
  • Water
  • Floods and droughts
  • Clean water
  • Last rights
  • Parks and recreation
  • The Highland Lakes
  • The legend of Hippie Hollow
  • The Colorado River trail
  • Epilogue: Toward the first hundred years
  • Appendix: State water regulatory agencies.

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