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The untold story of the Lower Colorado River Authority
- Author / Creator
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Details
- Creator
- John Williams
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- College Station : Texas A and M University Press, [2016]
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (285 pages)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781623493462, 1623493463, 9781623493417, 1623493412, 9781623493417
- OCLC
- ocn995765601
- 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