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The untold story of the Lower Colorado River Authority [electronic resource] /John Williams.

By: Williams, John, 1951 September 13- [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: River books (Series): ; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE: Publisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2016. 2015)Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781623493462; 1623493463.Subject(s): Lower Colorado River Authority -- History | River engineering -- Texas -- Colorado River Watershed -- History | Water resources development -- Texas -- Colorado River Watershed -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: Full text available:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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