Smithers Lake

Smithers Lake
Smithers Lake
	Smithers Lake with the WA Parish Generating Station in the background
	Smithers Lake Smithers Lake
Location	Fort Bend County, Texas
Coordinates	29°29′21″N 95°38′53″W
Surface area	2,140 acres (8.7 km2)
Water volume	18,000 acres (73 km2)
Surface elevation	66 feet (20 meters)

Smithers Lake is a lake in Fort Bend County, Texas.

It is located ten miles (16 km) southeast of Richmond. It is near the Brazos River.

The project is owned and operated by NRG Energy as the cooling-water supply for a plant, WA Parish Generating Station. It was previously owned by the Houston Lighting and Power Company. Construction was started on August 22, 1956, and was completed on July 1, 1957. Water had already been impounded in a small lake, and the date for beginning of impoundment in the new lake was October 15, 1957.[1]

References

Breeding, Seth D. "Smithers Lake". Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). Retrieved May 12, 2009.

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[1] Breeding, Seth D. "Smithers Lake". Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). Retrieved May 12, 2009.