Southern
California
Water
-- The Story of Why We're Here --
-- By Douglas
Westfall --
The history of water in California: floods, droughts
and what it
means to us today.
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Southern California Water
Story of Why We're
Here
By Douglas Westfall
5.5 x 8.5
Softcover Book
100 Pages - 90 B/W Illustrations
The story of why we're here in Southern California and why SoCal
is key
to the Nation's economy.
ISBN: 978-1891030-97-0
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Much of California
water flows down from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, yet a large part
comes from natural underground aquifers. These make up just part of
the total water system that includes reservoirs, rivers, canals and
pipelines.
Miners on the
Mokelumne River, 1850
Fully, half of
California's available water goes to agriculture -- not people and
California grows more food than any other state.
California and
the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Yet this is only
part of the story as California's population increases every ten
years -- by some five million people -- and we haven't built any
reservoirs for half a decade.
Shasta Mountain,
Lake and Dam -- the Largest Reservoir in California
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Southern California Water
Story of Why We're
Here
By Douglas Westfall
5.5 x 8.5
Softcover Book
100 Pages - 90 B/W Illustrations
The story of why we're here in Southern California and why SoCal
is key
to the Nation's economy.
ISBN: 978-1891030-97-0
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