Thanx. I took the tour and it was explained the way I said. Then we were shown where water was released in both directions. That’s all I know. I accept your explanation in the absence of further knowledge on my part.
If you are talking about the Hoover. One side is AZ and the other is NV.
Las Vegas takes about all its water from Lake Mead. And with the FEDS contaminating the river system at that mine in CO. The people in Las Vegas dont have to use meth any longer to get their highs from chemicals. Juss Joking..somewhat.
I was tryig to get to the BR site but it wont load. So here is Wikies site.
Go ahead, add up the amount of power CA gets from the hoover dam. Money talks and Bullcrap walks and CA somehow got the majority of the power that dam creates. But, it was built in the 30s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Power_Plant#Power_plant_and_water_demands