::: Thumbs ::: Next >> ::: ELECTRICITY IS ONLY A BY-PRODUCT AND NOT THE REASON THE DAM WAS BUILT. THE IMPERIAL VALLEY IN SO. CAL. WAS GETTING DROUGHT/FLOOD CONDITIONS AND THIS WAS BUILT TO CONTROL THAT AND RECLAIM THAT AREA FOR FARMING. CALIFORNIA STILL GETS 65% OF THE WATER AND EVEN THOUGH THE DAM SITS ON THE ARIZONA-NEVADA BORDER, NEVADA BUYS WATER FROM ARIZONA AND OTHER STATES TO KEEP UP WITH GROWTH DEMANDS. ON DOWNSTREAM LIES THE LOS ANGELAS AQUADUCT SYSTEM, WITHOUT WHICH L.A. COULDNT SURVIVE.