Lower Colorado River water management system

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The Lower Colorado River water management system is an integrated network of dams, reservoirs, canals, and related infrastructure that regulates river flow, supplies water and hydroelectric power, and supports agriculture and urban areas across the arid southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf infrastructure network
river regulation system
water management system
allocatesWaterTo Arizona
Baja California
California
Nevada
Sonora
coordinatedWith International Boundary and Water Commission
countryServed Mexico
United States
governedBy 1944 United States–Mexico Water Treaty
Boulder Canyon Project Act
Colorado River Compact
Law of the River
hasPart All-American Canal
Boulder Canyon Project
Central Arizona Project
Colorado River Aqueduct
Davis Dam
Gila Gravity Main Canal
Glen Canyon Dam
Hoover Dam
Imperial Dam
Imperial Reservoir
Lake Havasu
Lake Mead
Lake Mohave
Morelos Dam
Morelos diversion structures
Parker Dam
Yuma Project irrigation works
locatedIn Lower Colorado River Basin
Northern Mexico
Southwestern United States
managesResource Colorado River water
operatedBy United States Bureau of Reclamation
provides hydroelectric power
industrial water supply
irrigation water
municipal water supply
purpose flood control
power generation
water delivery
water storage
regulates river flow
servesRegion Lower Basin states
supports agriculture
environmental flows
recreation
urban areas

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Parker Dam partOf Lower Colorado River water management system
Parker-Davis Project partOf Colorado River water development system
linked to: Lower Colorado River water management system
Lower Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation partOf Lower Colorado Basin management framework
linked to: Lower Colorado River water management system
Little Harquahala Pumping Plant partOf Colorado River water delivery system
linked to: Lower Colorado River water management system
Lake Marble Falls partOfSystem Lower Colorado River reservoir system
linked to: Lower Colorado River water management system
Buchanan Dam partOf Lower Colorado River water management system