Title The untold story of the Lower Colorado River Authority / John Williams.

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College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]

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Edition	First edition.
Description	1 online resource (285 pages).
	text file
Series	River books
	River books (Series)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject	Lower Colorado River Authority -- History.
	Lower Colorado River Authority.
	History.
	Water resources development -- Texas -- Colorado River Watershed -- History.
	Water resources development.
	Texas -- Colorado River Watershed.
	River engineering -- Texas -- Colorado River Watershed -- History.
	River engineering.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Williams, John, 1951 September 13- Untold story of the Lower Colorado River Authority. First edition. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016] 9781623493417 (DLC) 2015018460 (OCoLC)910424082
ISBN	9781623493462 (electronic book)
	1623493463 (electronic book)
	9781623493417
	1623493412

Title The untold story of the Lower Colorado River Authority / John Williams.

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