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The district approved a plan in December 2023 to buy paper water rights from the proposed Doheny Desalination Plant which involves swapping rights on paper with the South Coast Water District in Laguna Beach. The desalinated water the district paid for would still get mixed into South Coast’s system, while imported water that would have gone ...
Each water management district is administered by a Governing Board composed of residents appointed by the Governor and approved by the Florida Senate. All districts report directly to the governor. [5] [6] In 2013, the District lost a case before the U.S. Supreme court in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District.
The Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway is a 164-kilometre-long (102 mi) industrial railway from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Waugh on Shoal Lake near Manitoba's eastern boundary. The railway was built between 1914 and 1916 to assist in the construction and maintenance of the aqueduct supplying fresh water to Winnipeg. [ 1 ]
In 2019 the Metropolitan Water District played a crucial role in the development of the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan (DCP). The Drought Contingency Plan aims to implement legislation to reduce the risk of declining levels in the Colorado River reservoirs, particularly by incentivizing agencies to store additional water in Lake Powell and Lake Mead. [7]
California Reclamation Districts are legal subdivisions within California's Central Valley that are responsible for managing and maintaining the levees, fresh water channels, or sloughs (pronounced slü), [1] canals, pumps, and other flood protection structures in the area. Each is run autonomously and is run by an elected board and funded with ...
St. Johns River Water Management District; Salt River Project; South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority; South Florida Water Management District; Southern Nevada Water Authority; Southwest Florida Water Management District; Susquehanna River Basin Commission; Suwannee River Water Management District
The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) is the government agency that provides drinking water to southern and central Marin County, California. Chartered in 1912, it became California's first municipal water district. [1] It serves 191,000 customers [2] in a 147-square-mile (380 km 2) area that includes ten towns and cities. [3]
Westlands Water District serves as the GSA for the Westside Subbasin. [3] The Westside Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (Westside GSP) was officially approved by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) on August 7, 2023. [6] The GSP was submitted by the Westlands Water District, in conforming to requirements of the SGMA.