Category:Yuma Project

**Yuma Project**
	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation project
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Instance of	fixed construction;
Location	California, Pacific States Region
	32° 49′ 39″ N, 114° 30′ 00″ W
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English: The Yuma Project — a United States Bureau of Reclamation project built to irrigate over 68,000 acres of land in Yuma County Arizona and parts of Imperial County, Southern California.

The project is designed to exploit year-round farming conditions and water from the Colorado River. It consists of the Laguna Diversion Dam, pumping plants, a power plant, a 53-mile system of canals, 218-miles of lateral canals, levees and drains.
The project began in 1903 and the majority of the work was completed by 1915. It was the first dam and reclamation project on the Colorado River and workers had to overcome many natural and logistical obstacles to build and maintain it. The Laguna Diversion Dam was replaced by the Imperial Dam as the Project's water source between 1941 and 1948. Today, it serves 275 farms and over 94,000 people.

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