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Hope Banuelos, Rafael Moreno, Cristian Diaz, Angel Valencia
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What is the California water project? The California State Water Project is a water storage and delivery system of reservoirs, aqueducts, power plants and pumping plants.
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This is a picture a of one of Southern California’s aqueduct.
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Where does southern California gets its water supply water recycling and ground water storage programs. Orange County is where we get water from. Colorado River southern
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Aqueducts The Colorado River Aqueduct supplies San Diego and the southern portion of Metropolitan Water District’s service area, while State Water Project generally serves the northern portion of MWD’s service area.
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Aqueducts
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California Aqueduct California Aqueduct is a system of canals, tunnels, and pipelines that conveys water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of Northern- and Central California to Southern California Sierra Nevada MountainsNorthern-Central California Southern California
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US look for water in Mexico Western states have long relied on the drought-prone Colorado River for water to fill drinking glasses, flush toilets and sprinkle lawns. But now it's looking at Mexico to fill up on water
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Information on Mono Lake Mono Lake-large, shallow saline lake in Mono County, California, formed 760,000 years agosaline lake Mono CountyCalifornia The city of Los Angeles diverted water from the lake, it lowered the lake level, which imperiled the migratory birds Los Angelesmigratory Made from underwater springs and now left exposed because the lake level has fallen in recent times
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Mono Lake
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Water wars and International Conflict For centuries war and conflict has been tied to the protection of water resources shortages around the world becoming more and more of an issue Water has very rarely been the main ingredient in international conflicts
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Reference “Colorado river.” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Riv er. 24 Oct 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Riv er “Mono Lake.” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_Lake. 24 Oct 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_Lake. 24 Oct 2011
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Reference Ofori-Amoah, Abigail. “Water Wars and International Conflicts.” University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz /OFORIAA/. 24 Oct 2011 http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz /OFORIAA/
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Reference “ The Southern California Water Villain.” UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences. http://watershed.ucdavis.edu/myths/the+so uthern+california+water+villain/http://watershed.ucdavis.edu/myths/the+so uthern+california+water+villain/. 24 Oct 2011.
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