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Jthiriot: add Park stat

2015-05-28T20:37:19Z

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2015-04-29T17:33:32Z

Add COLORADO RIVER- General INFORMATION

2014-11-03T15:02:09Z

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2014-11-03T15:01:16Z

add Colorado river stat

2014-03-03T16:36:15Z

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2014-03-03T16:35:49Z

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2014-03-03T16:35:16Z

add http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/getting-bottom-lake-mead-s-shrinking-reputation

2013-12-17T15:41:05Z

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2013-12-09T18:52:08Z

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2013-11-26T16:54:05Z

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 **Nearly '''5 million people visit the Grand Canyon Park''' each year, and '''1,500 people''' call it home.
 [http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/oct/02/us-government-shutdown-grand-canyon/ Source:  Las Vegas Sun Article- LINK]
 == GENERAL RECREATION ==

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 *[http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2013/nov/04/business-water-summit-draws-colorado-river-stakeho/ The Colorado River, is a major economic driver in the country. If it were a company, he said, it would rank at '''No. 155 on Fortune 500 list''' and be the country’s '''19th largest employer'''. It supports nearly '''250,000 jobs''' in six states, produces '''$26 billion in economic output''', contributes '''$3.2 billion in annual taxes''' and creates '''$10.4 billion in annual earnings, salaries and wages''']
 *'''97%''' of the Colorado River Basin is within the United States.
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 *The average flow of the Colorado River is '''15 million acre-feet'''. This compares with '''16.5 million acre-feet''' for the Hudson River, 164 million for the Columbia, and '''520 million''' for the Mississippi River. All except the Colorado routinely flow almost entirely into the oceans. - [http://www.mountaintownnews.net/2014/11/01/reslicing-colorado-river/#sthash.fgimWAwc.dpuf News Article-LINK]
 == HYDROPOWER ==

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-*The average flow of the Colorado River is 15 million acre-feet. This compares with 16.5 million acre-feet for the Hudson River, 164 million for the Columbia, and 520 million for the Mississippi River. All except the Colorado routinely flow almost entirely into the oceans. - [[http://www.mountaintownnews.net/2014/11/01/reslicing-colorado-river/#sthash.fgimWAwc.dpuf News Article-LINK]
+*The average flow of the Colorado River is '''15 million acre-feet'''. This compares with '''16.5 million acre-feet''' for the Hudson River, 164 million for the Columbia, and '''520 million''' for the Mississippi River. All except the Colorado routinely flow almost entirely into the oceans. - [http://www.mountaintownnews.net/2014/11/01/reslicing-colorado-river/#sthash.fgimWAwc.dpuf News Article-LINK]
 == HYDROPOWER ==

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 *[http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2013/nov/04/business-water-summit-draws-colorado-river-stakeho/ The Colorado River, is a major economic driver in the country. If it were a company, he said, it would rank at '''No. 155 on Fortune 500 list''' and be the country’s '''19th largest employer'''. It supports nearly '''250,000 jobs''' in six states, produces '''$26 billion in economic output''', contributes '''$3.2 billion in annual taxes''' and creates '''$10.4 billion in annual earnings, salaries and wages''']
 *'''97%''' of the Colorado River Basin is within the United States.
 == HYDROPOWER ==

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 == LAKE STATS ==
-*THE LARGEST OF THE LARGE-- Here’s a list of the largest man-made lakes in the nation by acre-feet of water volume as of Feb. 21,2014 according to federal records:  [http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/getting-bottom-lake-mead-s-shrinking-reputation Getting to the bottom of Lake Mead’s shrinking reputation- LINK]
+*THE LARGEST OF THE LARGE-- Here’s a list of the largest man-made lakes in the nation by acre-feet of water volume as of Feb. 21,2014 according to federal records:
+*[http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/getting-bottom-lake-mead-s-shrinking-reputation Getting to the bottom of Lake Mead’s shrinking reputation- LINK]
 **1. Lake Oahe, N.D. and S.D., 17.1 million volume, 23 million capacity
 **2. Lake Sakakawea, N.D., 16 million volume, 23.5 million capacity

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 == MISC ==
 *LV Review Journal_ Lake Mead_January 3, 2013:  Liability issues hamper hiring outside parties__Wednesday, January 2nd
 “Since 2000, 112 people have drowned in Lake Mead.   A spokeswoman for the park service says all but five of those bodies have been recovered.”

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 (SOURCE: Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study)
 *Glen Canyon Powerplant has a total capacity of '''1,320 megawatts''' and annually produces '''approximately five billion kilowatt-hours of power''' to help sustain the electrical needs of about '''5.8 million customers''' [http://www.lakepowellchronicle.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=3967 Source:  News Article- LINK]
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	(SOURCE: Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study)		(SOURCE: Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study)
	*Glen Canyon Powerplant has a total capacity of '''1,320 megawatts''' and annually produces '''approximately five billion kilowatt-hours of power''' to help sustain the electrical needs of about '''5.8 million customers''' [http://www.lakepowellchronicle.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=3967 Source: News Article- LINK]		*Glen Canyon Powerplant has a total capacity of '''1,320 megawatts''' and annually produces '''approximately five billion kilowatt-hours of power''' to help sustain the electrical needs of about '''5.8 million customers''' [http://www.lakepowellchronicle.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=3967 Source: News Article- LINK]
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		+	== MISC ==
		+	*LV Review Journal_ Lake Mead_January 3, 2013: Liability issues hamper hiring outside parties__Wednesday, January 2nd
		+	“Since 2000, 112 people have drowned in Lake Mead. A spokeswoman for the park service says all but five of those bodies have been recovered.”