Sep 15, 2014 · The nation’s surface-water resources—the water in the nation’s rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, and reservoirs—are vitally important to our everyday life. The main uses of …

Jun 22, 2020 · This web page is intended to help Californians identify their source (s) of drinking water, learn more about how drinking water is treated, and learn how to help prevent pollution …

Sep 15, 2014 · One of the state’s earliest major water projects, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, supplies water and electricity to 3.8 million residents in the city of Los Angeles. Serving as a …

Sep 15, 2014 · There is increased attention to accessing water from nontraditional sources, such as desalinated seawater, brackish groundwater and highly treated wastewater that is used for …

Sep 15, 2014 · The main uses of surface water include drinking-water and other public uses, irrigation uses, and for use by the thermoelectric-power industry to cool electricity-generating …

Sep 15, 2014 · Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Challenges The state of California oversees the Delta through the authority of the Department of Water Resources, State Water Resources …

Sep 15, 2014 · In 2018, the Colorado River Basin Ten Tribes Partnership Tribal Water Study was released. That study described how tribes use their water, how future water development …

Sep 15, 2014 · Shasta Dam Shasta Dam forms California’s largest storage reservoir, Shasta Lake, which can hold about 4.5 million acre-feet. As the keystone of the federal Central Valley …

Sep 15, 2014 · Birthed in part by a long-ago federal effort to create farmland, the Central Valley Project today is one of the largest water storage and transport systems in the world. In years …

Sep 15, 2014 · Generally, water purveyors prefer to tap aquifers closest to the surface because it is more practical and cheaper to pump. Alluvial aquifers, confined by looser material, are also …