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The water that supplies the Santa Clara Valley Water District comes from various locations. Some of it comes from snowpack melt miles away. [3] This water is brought to the county through the many infrastructure projects in California, including the Federal Central Valley Project. [3] Santa Clara county also gets some of its water from recycled ...
Large numbers of calls would otherwise have overloaded switching equipment causing slow dial tone and blocked long-distance circuits. A patchwork quilt of electromechanical switching equipment handled San Jose calls between 1949 and the 1980s. There were about eight Western Electric Crossbar switches, at least one Number 1 and mostly Number 5.
The 2,600-acre (1,100 ha) site is operated by the San Jose Environmental Services Department and jointly owned by the cities of San Jose and Santa Clara. It began operations in 1956 to address severe water pollution issues [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and played a key role in San Jose's aggressive annexation program during the 1950s and 1960s.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ... out here and help blow up this Valley,” Kennedy quipped from a ... expansion of Pacheco Reservoir by the Santa Clara Valley Water ...
Location: Santa Clara County, California: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Cherry Canyon, [2] Pine Tree Canyon [3]: Primary outflows: Arroyo Calero [4]: Catchment area: 7.14 sq mi (18.5 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: Santa Clara Valley Water District: Max. length: 2.2 miles (3.5 km): Surface area: 349 acres (141 ha): Water volume: 9,934 acre-feet ...
Of the approximate 3,000,000 acre-feet (3.7 × 10 9 m 3) of water distributed, 2,500,000 acre-feet (3.1 × 10 9 m 3) is delivered to farms, 200,000 acre-feet (250,000,000 m 3) to urban areas, including Tracy and cities with in the Santa Clara Valley Water District, and 300,000 acre-feet (370,000,000 m 3) for wildlife refuges.
In the early parts of the 20th century, the Santa Clara Valley was a vegetable and fruit growing region. Ground water was pumped heavily, leading to the Santa Clara valley being the first region recognized to be affected by land subsidence in the 1940s. [2] Between 1912 and 1966, artesian pressure levels dropped more than 200 feet (61 m).
It is the second largest reservoir owned by the Santa Clara Valley Water District. [2] A 4,595-acre county park ("Coyote-Bear") surrounds the reservoir, [3] and provides camping (RVs and tents), fishing [4] ("catch-and-release"), picnicking, and hiking activities. Swimming is not allowed by order of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. [5]