BIO SCI 55 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Salton Sea, California State Water Project, Owens River
22 Nov 2017
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Notes: 39 questions, review chapters (6,9,15,16,18,20) (focus on bold, exam draws heavily on the lectures. Center valley project: construction began 1937 (federal, major features: Brings water to agriculture fields: cost: more than one billion, mostly north cali and not south cali. State water project: construction began 1961, major features. 8 hydro power plants: cost: 11 billion, mostly south cali. Southern california focus: geography of predicament . Yet over 40% of state"s population: water fears today, but always water fears. The owens valley and river: land was bought to preserve the water, owens river, desert and cattle ranches, the great l. a. heist william mulholland and the boys, they got the water. Orange county water needs 1: 220 billion gallons a year, 100 billion from ground water, thus: 110 billion must come from other sources, we need 100 billion gallons from local and rivers , figure:
