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This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). Figures given are for maximum storage capacity (flood pool) of reservoirs, not regular storage volume (conservation pool).
State Government of North Carolina: Thermal storage, chilled water: 20.8: 2.6: 8: United States: North Carolina, Raleigh: 2.68 million gallon, chilled water, Thermal energy storage tank. Built partially buried and serving the district cooling system for 25 state government buildings. [5] University of Arizona: Thermal storage, ice: 18: 3: 6 ...
Water storage. Water storage is a broad term referring to storage of both potable water for consumption, and non potable water for use in agriculture. In both developing countries and some developed countries found in tropical climates, there is a need to store potable drinking water during the dry season. In agriculture water storage, water is ...
The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3). [1] The following is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in the United States. There are an estimated 84,000 dams in ...
List of hydroelectric power stations in the United States. Grand Coulee Dam, the largest hydroelectric power station in North America. This is a list of operational hydroelectric power stations in the United States with a current nameplate capacity of at least 100 MW . The Hoover Dam in Arizona and Nevada was the first hydroelectric power ...
Top 25 water ports by tonnage. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. [1] Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods. See the articles on individual ports for more information, including ...
According to the International Hydropower Association, the United States is the 3rd largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world in 2021 after Braziland China.[3] Total installed capacity for 2020 was 102.8 GW. The installed capacity was 80 GW in 2015.
The following list of dry areas by U.S. state details all of the counties, parishes, boroughs, and municipalities in the United States of America that ban the sale of alcoholic beverages. For more background information, see dry county and Prohibition in the United States. For more information on semi-wet counties, see moist county.