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The San Diego Aqueduct is a system of four aqueducts in the U.S. state of California, supplying about 70 percent of the water supply for the city of San Diego. [1] The system comprises the First and Second San Diego Aqueducts, carrying water from the Colorado River west to reservoirs on the outskirts of San Diego.
Through an act of California state legislation, the San Diego County Water Authority was created in 1944 to oversee San Diego County’s water rights over the Colorado River. [5] In 1952 San Diego started receiving water from the State Water Project from pipelines built by SDCWA. [ 4 ]
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.
Some of the water is siphoned off in San Jacinto via the San Diego canal, part of the San Diego Aqueduct that delivers water to San Diego County. [ 3 ] Map from The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, History and First Annual Report for the Period Ending June 30, 1938.
Lake Cuyamaca is a recreation area operated by the Lake Cuyamaca Recreation and Park District and the Helix Water District. It offers boating, fishing, picnicking, birdwatching, hiking, wedding and party venues, cabin rentals and camping. A store, restaurant, pub, and tackle shop are onsite, as well as boat rentals. [1] [4]
Riverside County, Calif. (Eastern Municipal Water District) Riverside county is a 7,200-square-mile area located north of San Diego, part of California's "Inland Empire."
The Miramar Water Treatment Plant was completed in 1962. [1] Approximately 500,000 customers in the northern section of the city are served by Miramar Reservoir. An upgrade and expansion project to the Miramar Water Treatment Plant began in summer 1998 with construction starting in May 2001. The project was completed in 2011.
Vallecitos Water District was founded in 1955 as the San Marcos County Water District and is a member agency of the San Diego County Water Authority. [3] [4] The Vallecitos Water District receives approximately 27 percent of its annual supply from the Claude "Bud" Lewis Desalination Plant in Carlsbad, California, which delivers as much as 4,083 ...