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A Water Odyssey: The Story of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Joel Schwarz

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Description:Water: a natural resource essential to man’s existence. Historically, many have migrated in search of it; others have sought to bring it to where they are.California’s large urban areas are examples of the latter. Los Angeles built an aqueduct from the Owens Valley; San Francisco tapped the Tuolumne River in Yosemite carrying its waters to the city by the bay; Oakland and surrounding East Bay communities went to the Mokelumne River flowing out of the western Sierra for their supplies. In the 1920s, a steadily-growing Los Angeles banded together with other Southern California cities to form the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and build an aqueduct to import water from the Colorado River, an aqueduct expected to run brimful for generations to come. Then in 1960, California voters authorized funding of the State Water Project, a system that would provide water for more than half the residents of the Golden State, a system that was to satisfy the needs of Metropolitan and thirty other public agency contractors for many, many years.This is the story of Metropolitan Water District, a story that established its roots as an integral part of the history of California, a story of resourceful men and women with the vision and courage to move ahead in the face of formidable obstacles toward the goal of achieving water security for Southern California.It is, however, a story without an ending, for as today’s water leaders look forward, they see a Colorado River Aqueduct that well may run at less than half its capacity and a seriously impeded, incomplete State Water Project—sights that could not have been foreseen by the water leaders who first looked to the Colorado and to Northern California.The story is to be continued.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Water Odyssey: The Story of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. To get started finding A Water Odyssey: The Story of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 212

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Release: 1991

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Description: Water: a natural resource essential to man’s existence. Historically, many have migrated in search of it; others have sought to bring it to where they are.California’s large urban areas are examples of the latter. Los Angeles built an aqueduct from the Owens Valley; San Francisco tapped the Tuolumne River in Yosemite carrying its waters to the city by the bay; Oakland and surrounding East Bay communities went to the Mokelumne River flowing out of the western Sierra for their supplies. In the 1920s, a steadily-growing Los Angeles banded together with other Southern California cities to form the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and build an aqueduct to import water from the Colorado River, an aqueduct expected to run brimful for generations to come. Then in 1960, California voters authorized funding of the State Water Project, a system that would provide water for more than half the residents of the Golden State, a system that was to satisfy the needs of Metropolitan and thirty other public agency contractors for many, many years.This is the story of Metropolitan Water District, a story that established its roots as an integral part of the history of California, a story of resourceful men and women with the vision and courage to move ahead in the face of formidable obstacles toward the goal of achieving water security for Southern California.It is, however, a story without an ending, for as today’s water leaders look forward, they see a Colorado River Aqueduct that well may run at less than half its capacity and a seriously impeded, incomplete State Water Project—sights that could not have been foreseen by the water leaders who first looked to the Colorado and to Northern California.The story is to be continued.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Water Odyssey: The Story of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. To get started finding A Water Odyssey: The Story of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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