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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California reservoirs store fresh water for use in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. These reservoirs were built specifically to preserve water during times of drought, and are in place for emergencies uses such as earthquake, floods or other events.
Through an act of California state legislation, the San Diego County Water Authority was created in 1944 to oversee San Diego County’s water rights over the Colorado River. [5] In 1952 San Diego started receiving water from the State Water Project from pipelines built by SDCWA. [ 4 ]
Santa Barbara (Spanish: Santa Bárbara, meaning ' Saint Barbara ') is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Santa Monica-based NPR radio station KCRW can be heard in Santa Barbara at 106.9 MHz, and San Luis Obispo-based NPR station KCBX at 89.5 MHz and 90.9 MHz. There is an NPR station, KCLU (102.3 FM, 1340 AM), that has a news team in Santa Barbara and covers stories, news and programming for the area.
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Solvang is located in the Santa Ynez Valley some 46 miles (74 km) north-west of Santa Barbara and about 15 miles (24 km) north of the Pacific coast. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km 2 ), 99.95% of it land and 0.05% of it water.
Country: United States: Location: Santa Barbara County, California: Coordinates: 1]: Construction began: 1913; 112 years ago () [2]: Opening date: January 23, 1920; 104 years ago () [3]: Construction cost: $2 million (1920 dollars) [3]: Owner(s): City of Santa Barbara: Dam and spillways; Type of dam: Concrete arch: Impounds: Santa Ynez River: Height: 194.5 ft (59.3 m) [4]: Length: 600 ft (180 ...
The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) is a public transit agency providing bus service in the southern portion of Santa Barbara County, California. It serves the cities of Santa Barbara , Carpinteria , and Goleta as well as the unincorporated areas of Montecito , Summerland , and Isla Vista .