Coachella Canal Lining Agreement Signed.Business Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2001 The Department of Water Resources and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest bulk water supplier for municipal use in the world. The name is usually shortened to the "Metropolitan Water District" or simply "MWD". have signed an agreement providing $74 million in state funding to MWD MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California MWD Measurement While Drilling (oil drilling) MWD Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (stock symbol) MWD Molecular Weight Distribution MWD Military Working Dog for lining the remained unlined portion of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Coachella Canal with concrete, to reduce seepage losses. The funding was authorized by 1998 State legislation intended to help implement measures in California's Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. Water Use Plan. The plan, available at http://www.crb.ca.gov, describes actions California will take to reduce its use of Colorado River water from historical levels of more than 5 million acre-feet annually to California's basic interstate allocation of 4.4 MAF MAF macrophage activating factor. acre-feet annually. California has historically been able to use part of the water allocated to Nevada and Arizona, but those states are now taking their full allocations. In the absence of hydrologic conditions making surplus water available, MWD's Colorado River water supplies would be reduced by about half at the 4.4 MAF allocation level. Recently adopted river operations criteria limit MWD's risk of reduced supplies until 2006, by which time several projects to help MWD offset the reduction in its Colorado River supplies are expected to be completed. Lining the remainder of the Coachella Canal is estimated to save about 26,000 acre-feet per year of water now lost to seepage. Part of the conserved water will additionally facilitate implementing the San Luis San Luis, city (1991 pop. 110,353), capital of San Luis prov., W central Argentina. The city is the commercial center of an area producing cattle, corn, and asparagus; the surrounding area has timber and mineral resources. San Luis is a popular resort. Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, as provided for in that 1988 federal legislation. The Coachella Canal conveys Colorado River water from Imperial Valley into the southern end of Coachella Valley Coachella Valley (kō'əchĕl`ə), arid region, SE Calif., N of the Salton Sea. Water is brought into the region by artesian wells and by the Coachella Canal (123 mi/198 km long), a branch of the All-American Canal built between 1938 and , terminating near Indio. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the State Water Project, provides dam safety and flood control and inspection services, assists local water districts in water management and water conservation planning, and plans for future statewide water needs. Visit DWR DWR Design Within Reach DWR Department of Water Resources DWR Direct Web Remoting (Easy Ajax for Java) DWR Durable Water Repellency DWR Delayed Word Recall (medical testing) DWR Driving While Revoked 's Website at http://wwwdwr.water.ca.gov |
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