Lake Havasu

Lake Havasu
Location:	Arizona and California (USA)
Tributaries:	Colorado River
Larger cities on the shore:	Lake Havasu City
	California , United States
Coordinates	34 ° 29 '12 " N , 114 ° 22' 57" W Coordinates: 34 ° 29 '12 " N , 114 ° 22' 57" W.
	Data on the structure
Lock type:	Arch weight wall
Construction time:	1934-1938
Height above foundation level :	97.5 m
Height above the river bed :	24.4 m
Building volume:	290,530 m³
Crown length:	260 m
Crown width:	11.8 m
Base width:	30.5 m
Power plant output:	120 MW
	Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination )	137.16 m
Water surface	67 km²
Storage space	799 million m³
Catchment area	462,033 km²

Parker Dam

The Lake Havasu is a dam on the border of the US states Arizona and California . The lake is 72 kilometers long and has an area of 67 square kilometers. The Colorado River is dammed up by the Parker Dam , an arch weight wall .

This is operated by the US Bureau of Reclamation .

With four Francis turbines, the hydropower plant has a total output of 120 MW and an annual output of around 450 million kWh . A significant proportion of the energy is used for the pumps that direct the water from Lake Havasu into the Colorado River Aqueduct in southern California and into the Central Arizona Project Aqueduct in central and southern Arizona.

The lake also serves as a recreation area. For this reason, the water level must not fall too low.

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Aerial view of the reservoir