WATER OVER THE DAM; LITTLEROCK HITS SPILLOVER STAGE.Byline: Daily News For the first time since the height of Littlerock Dam was raised 12 feet three years ago, water is running over the spillway spillway, n a channel or passageway through which food escapes from the occlusal surfaces of the teeth during mastication. The occlusal, developmental, and supplemental grooves, as well as the incisal, occlusal, labial, buccal, and lingual embrasures, at the top. Water began coming over the dam Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
``It's actually pretty impressive,'' said Dennis LaMoreaux, general manager of the Palmdale Water District. Built in 1922, the dam was modified during a two-year, $13.5 million face lift that increased the reservoir's storage capacity from about 1,700 acre-feet to about 3,500 acre-feet - about 1.1 billion gallons, enough for 3,500 Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley families for a year. Before the spillway was raised, water flowed over the top of the dam almost annually, water officials said. Even with the increased capacity of the reservoir, last year's heavy rains brought the water level within inches of spilling over the top. This year, the reservoir's water was raised by the heavy storms that blew into Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, over the past two weeks. Between Jan. 30 and Feb. 10, the water level rose more than 23 feet. It rose another six feet in the next five days. The wet winter makes it more likely that the Palmdale Water District will be able to draw its maximum allotment A portion, share, or division. The proportionate distribution of shares of stock in a corporation. The partition and distribution of land. ALLOTMENT. Distribution by lot; partition. Merl. Rep. h.t. of 5,500 acre-feet from the reservoir, which Palmdale shares with the Littlerock Creek Irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. District. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Heavy rains from the recent storms have caused the Littlerock Dam to overflow for the first time since it was raised 12 feet in 1995. (2--Color) Motorists navigate a section of Palmdale Boulevard flooded by the Littlerock Dam spill. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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