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The Mokelumne Aqueduct is a 95-mile (153 km) water conveyance system in central California, United States. The aqueduct is supplied by the Mokelumne River and provides water to 35 municipalities in the East Bay in the San Francisco Bay Area. The aqueduct and the associated dams, pipelines, treatment plants and hydroelectric system are owned and ...
In 1923, EBMUD was founded due to the rapid population growth and severe drought in the area. The district constructed Pardee Dam (finished in 1929) on the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada, and a large steel pipe Mokelumne Aqueduct to transport the water from Pardee Reservoir across the Central Valley to the San Pablo Reservoir located in the hills of the East Bay region.
WaterMatters.org. The Southwest Florida Water Management District (or SWFWMD, pronounced as "swiftmud" based on the word acronym) is one of five regional agencies directed by Florida state law to protect and preserve water resources. Established in 1961, the agency operates and maintains several large properties and flood protection projects ...
A fresh water supply district is a body which manages fresh water supply in a defined area in the United States. It may have the power of eminent domain. [1] The term fresh water supply district is mostly used in Texas, while water district is used in much of the rest of the United States. [2] [3] Fresh water supply districts were first ...
Niland Geyser. Niland Geyser (nicknamed the "Slow One" [2] and formally designated W9) [3] is a moving mud pot or mud spring outside Niland, California in the Salton Trough in an area of geological instability due to the San Andreas Fault, [4] formed due to carbon dioxide being released underground. It is the only mud pot or mud volcano known ...
Gully. A gully in Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. Gullied landscape in Somalia. A gully is a landform created by running water, mass movement, or commonly a combination of both eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodible material, typically on a hillside or in river floodplains or terraces. [1]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Bay Municipal Utility District. The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) — a water supply and wastewater treatment utility district in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It serves Alameda County and Contra Costa County, with headquarters in Oakland.
A worker clears debris and mud at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Wajima city, Ishikawa prefecture on September 22, 2024. - Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images This story has been ...