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The aqueduct as originally constructed consisted of six storage reservoirs and 215 mi (346 km) of conduit. Beginning 3.5 mi (5.6 km) north of Blackrock (Inyo County), the aqueduct diverts the Owens River into an unlined canal to begin its 233 mi (375 km) journey south to the Lower San Fernando Reservoir. [19]
In the early 1900s, the Owens River was the focus of the California Water Wars, fought between the city of Los Angeles and the inhabitants of Owens Valley over the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Since 1913, the Owens River has been diverted to Los Angeles, causing the ruin of the valley's economy and the drying of Owens Lake.
Under the terms of the settlement, deadlines for the Lower Owens River Project were revised and LADWP was to return water to the lower Owens River by 2005. [29] This deadline was missed, but on December 6, 2006, a ceremony was held at the same site where William Mulholland had ceremonially opened the aqueduct which had closed the flow through ...
In 1924, Owens Valley residents seized the L.A. Aqueduct in a defiant protest. An event focuses on remembering the troubled chapter of L.A. water history.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is struggling to maintain the city's Eastern Sierra aqueduct amid continued flooding from snowmelt. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding ...
Water from the Owens River reached a reservoir in the San Fernando Valley on November 5, 1913. [17] At a ceremony that day, Mulholland spoke his famous words about this engineering feat: "There it is. Take it." [17] The aqueduct carries water from the Owens Valley in the Eastern Sierra to irrigate and store water in the San Fernando Valley.
The aqueduct transports water from the Owens River Valley in the eastern Sierra Nevada to the city, ... while 20 percent comes from the Colorado River and 50 percent form a mix of other resources.
The Owens River course includes headwaters points near the Upper San Joaquin Watershed, [2] reservoirs and diversion points (e.g., for the Los Angeles Aqueduct), and the river's mouth at Owens Lake. The river drains the Crowley Lake Watershed (USGS HUC 18090102) of 1,900 sq mi (4,900 km 2 ) and the north portion of the Owens Lake Watershed ...