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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California reservoirs store fresh water for use in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. These reservoirs were built specifically to preserve water during times of drought, and are in place for emergencies uses such as earthquake, floods or other events.
Cadiz, Inc., a Los Angeles–based land and water-resource-management company, owns more than 35,000 acres (140 km 2) around Cadiz. [5] It has plans to sell water from the aquifer. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Under the first Trump administration 's change of policy, the project would not have to undergo federal review. [ 9 ]
The Santa Ana River drains the largest watershed of California's South Coast region, [15] covering 2,650 square miles (6,900 km 2) in parts of San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles Counties. Although the river does not pass through Los Angeles County, some of its tributaries, including San Antonio Creek extend into it. The watershed ...
Plans to build a $200-million water pipeline across the Mojave Desert to supply the city of Ridgecrest are angering environmentalists, farmers and miners.
San Pasqual Valley groundwater basin: 9-10 Medium 4,540 1,700 1,000 Santa Maria Valley groundwater basin: 9-11 12,300 500 36 San Dieguito Creek groundwater basin: 9-12 3,560 1,800 700 Poway Valley groundwater basin: 9-13 2,470 200 100 Mission Valley groundwater basin: 9-14 7,350 1,000 San Diego River Valley groundwater basin: 9-15 Medium 9,890 ...
Rogers Dry Lake is located in the Antelope Valley, about 100 miles (160 km) drive north of Los Angeles. It covers an area of about 65 square miles (170 km 2) at the low point of the valley, forming a rough figure eight. It is the bed of a lake that formed roughly 2.5 million years ago, in the Pleistocene. It is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) long and 5.5 ...
Downtown Los Angeles's Fifth Street Store Building was designed by Alexander Curlett and built by Milliron's in 1927. In the building's early years, it was home to a department store that repeatedly changed its name, including Walker's, Fifth Street Store, Walker's Fifth Street Store, and in 1946 it changed to Milliron's. A $300,000 ($4.69 ...
Four candidates are challenging the incumbent for the 5th District seat on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. The big issues: homelessness, mental health, public safety.