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Tennessee Valley Authority 2012 - Watts Bar Reservoir
ML12223A441
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Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 01/01/2012
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TVA: Watts Bar Reservoir Supplier Portal TVAKids Employees & Retirees Distributor Portal TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY SEARCH GO Watts Bar Reservoir TVA Region Map Watts Bar:

Facts & Figures Construction of Watts Bar Dam began in 1939. It was completed in January 1942, three weeks after Pearl Harbor, and provided urgently needed electricity for the war effort.

The dam is 112 feet high and stretches 2,960 feet across the Tennessee River.

Watts Bar Reservoir is on the Tennessee River in east Tennessee. It extends 72.4 miles northeast Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric from the dam to Fort Loudoun Dam.

facility. It has five generating units with Watts Bar Dam, located about midway between Knoxville and a net dependable capacity of 182 Chattanooga, is one of nine TVA dams on the Tennessee River. The megawatts. Net dependable capacity is the amount of power a dam can reservoir is popular for boating, fishing, swimming, camping, and other produce on an average day, minus the outdoor activities. A scenic overlook near the dam provides visitors with a electricity used by the dam itself.

panoramic view of the reservoir and surrounding countryside.

Watts Bar Reservoir has 722 miles of Before TVA created Watts Bar and other reservoirs above Chattanooga, shoreline and over 39,090 acres of the city had one of the most serious flooding problems in the nation. Now water surface.

the river that often threatened the city contributes to its economy as a The reservoir has a flood-storage major artery for barge traffic. capacity of 379,000 acre-feet.

To maintain the water depth required More information on Watts Bar Reservoir for navigation, the minimum winter Operating guide elevation for Watts Bar Reservoir is Daily reservoir operation information 735 feet. The typical summer Sportfish survey results operating range is between 740 and 741 feet.

Sportfish ratings Ecological health ratings In addition to forming a navigable 72-Tailwater improvements mile-long reservoir on the Tennessee River, Watts Bar also creates a slack-Recreation facilities water channel for navigation more than 20 miles up the Clinch River and 12 miles up the Emory River.

Watts Bar has one 60- by 360-foot lock that lifts and lowers barges as much as 70 feet to Chickamauga Reservoir. The lock handles more than a million tons of cargo a year.

Tennessee Valley Authority LEGAL NOTICES INSPECTOR GENERAL SUPPLIER CONNECTION FACEBOOK 400 West Summit Hill Drive PRIVACY POLICY TVA POLICE ONLINE CONNECTION TWITTER Knoxville, TN 37902 LINKING POLICY EMPLOYMENT TVAKIDS YOUTUBE (865) 632-2101 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMUNITY RELATIONS INVESTOR RELATIONS FLICKR http://www.tva.gov/sites/wattsbarres.htm[3/21/2012 12:33:55 PM]

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