[2] The US Air Force and Arnold Engineering Development Center own and operate Woods Reservoir.

According to a study by St. Louis, Missouri-based engineering firm Sverdrup & Parcel,[3] the amount of water required annually for AEDC operations would be more than 22.4 billion gallons.

[3] Of this, the vast majority – nearly 21 billion gallons – would serve as cooling water for the test facilities.

Woods who was responsible for much of the early organizing, staffing and master planning for the center project.

[3] Construction began in late 1950 and Woods Reservoir opened for public fishing and recreation on May 30, 1953[3] It is located in Franklin and Coffee counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee.