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The Eastern Municipal Water District of Southern California is a regional water district formed in 1950 to secure additional water for a largely rural area of western Riverside County. In addition to water service, responsibilities include sewage collection, water desalination and water recycling.
Hemet was named by the land development company that founded the town, The Lake Hemet Land Company. The company drew its name from Hemet Valley, now called Garner Valley, located in the San Jacinto Mountains. Initially, the company referred to the area as South San Jacinto, but changed the name to Hemet when the land company filed a plat map on ...
The Lake Hemet Land Company was formed at the same time as the Lake Hemet Water Company. Both companies were established by the same investors. The two companies took their name from Hemet Valley, the location where the water company would build the dam to form the Lake Hemet reservoir. See Hemet on list of topographic place names. Indian Wells
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Lake Hemet is a water storage reservoir located in the San Jacinto Mountains in Mountain Center, Riverside County, California, [1] with a capacity of 14,000 acre-feet (17,000,000 m 3) [2] of water. It was created in 1895 with the construction of Lake Hemet Dam . [ 3 ]
Reservoir Dam River County Owner Completed Type Height of dam [a] Reservoir capacity (ft) (m) (acre ft) (1,000 m 3) ; Almaden Reservoir: Almaden Dam: Alamitos Creek
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Private water systems became an issue earlier this year when the legislature voted largely along party lines to allow private utilities to provide water in areas where no public service can be ...