GPHY 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Los Angeles River, Croton River, William Mulholland
18 Dec 2016
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Week 5 readings from principles of water resources by thomas v cech. Chapter 6 municipal and irrigation water development. Case study on la: la department of water and power (ladwp) established 1902. demand; 60% during droughts. Before ladwp, water delivered from los angeles river. 1886, william mulholland was first chief engineer and superintendent of the la water dept. ; constructed aqueducts, reservoirs and pipelines across hundreds of miles of rough terrain to capture new water sources. The owens valley was bought up by la in 1905; aqueduct built there to bring water to la. 1928 colorado river aqueduct built for metropolitan water district of sothern california. Lincoln water system lincoln nebraska rely on groundwater (salty surface water). Drilled wells along the platte river to deliver treated. New york city department of env protection shallow water sourcing; human waste drinking water to storage reservoirs.
