The Untold Story of the Lower Colorado River Authority /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, John, 1951 September 13- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lower Colorado River Authority.
Lower Colorado River Authority > History.
Water resources development.
River engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Hydraulics.
River engineering > Texas > Colorado River Watershed > History.
Water resources development > Texas > Colorado River Watershed > History.
Texas > Colorado River Watershed.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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