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The Eastern Municipal Water District of Southern California is a regional water district formed in 1950 to secure additional water for a largely rural area of western Riverside County. In addition to water service, responsibilities include sewage collection, water desalination and water recycling.
The desalinated water EMWD paid for would still get mixed into South Coast’s system, while imported water that would have gone to the South Coast would instead go to EMWD’s customers. [4] The subsurface intake (slant) wells at Doheny State Beach will be fully buried beneath the ocean floor to protect marine life. [5]
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]
Lake Cahuilla is a reservoir located in Southern California's Coachella Valley in Riverside County, California, [4] with a capacity of 1,300 acre-feet (1,600,000 m 3) of water. [5]
The largest and most controversial settlement was known as the Poorman contract. The Poorman family owned a 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) dairy ranch on the south side of the San Jacinto River, across from Gilman Hot Springs, along with 3,600 acres (15 km2) of grass and grazing in the upper Perris valley.
In 1923, EBMUD was founded due to the rapid population growth and severe drought in the area. The district constructed Pardee Dam (finished in 1929) on the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada, and a large steel pipe Mokelumne Aqueduct to transport the water from Pardee Reservoir across the Central Valley to the San Pablo Reservoir located in the hills of the East Bay region.
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]
The Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD) stretches from the St. Marks River Basin in Jefferson County to the Perdido River in Escambia County. The District is one of five water management districts in Florida created by the Water Resources Act of 1972.