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a 6 page research paper that considers the water problems of California, both past and present. The writer discusses what has been done to supply Southern California with water in the past and outlines the conditions as they are now. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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rain per year (Garmuch, et al 221). Consequently from the time of the Spanish missions onward, the development of irrigation and the transportation of water has been a principal
concern of the state (Garmuch, et al 221). From its beginnings, water resource planning in California has centered on terms of getting the "surplus" of water in the northern
half of the state to the water-deficient south. To facilitate this goal, various sources of water are tapped. The State Water Project (SWP) was begun in 1962 with the
construction of Oroville Dam on the Feather River and this dam was completed in 1967 (Garmuch, et al 223). The SWP transports water from northern California to the south via
the California Aquaduct to cities such as Bakersville, Los Angeles, and San Diego (Garmuch, et al 223). Another source of water for Southern California is from the streams that feed
Mono Lake, a saline desert lake east of Yosemite National Park (Witze 72). In 1941, Los Angeles began accessing and diverting water from the feeder streams and transported the
water south via aquaduct 300 miles to the growing city, and over subsequent half-century the level of water in the lake dropped 45 feet, cutting its volume in half while
salinity doubled (Witze 72). Concerns about the local ecology prompted numerous bitter court battles over the management of this water. This conflict was finally settled in September of 1994 when
the state water resources control board ruled that Los Angeles should allow the lake to rise to a mandated level (Witze 72). The Colorado River runs from the Sea
of Cortez through the middle of three deserts, providing water to virtual the entire Southwest. The states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah all depend on the
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