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TVA
balances the competing needs of navigation, flood control, power
supply, land use, water quality, and recreation.
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Benefits
to the Valley in 1999
- Nation’s
fifth-largest river system
- 650 miles of
navigable river
- 25 dams for
flood control
- 480,000 acres
of recreation lakes
- 277,000 acres
of reservoir land
- 11,000 miles
of public shoreline
- $304 million
in tax-equivalent payments to Valley states and counties
- $829 million
of capital investment in the Valley
- $828 million
TVA payroll
- 13,322 TVA jobs
- $23 million
of economic-development loan commitments to Valley businesses
- $951 million
spent with Valley firms for products and services
- 49 million tons
of goods shipped
- Millions of
dollars in flood damage avoided
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