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The Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on January 29, 2014, by Rep. David Valadao (R-CA). [7] It was referred to the United States House Committee on Natural Resources. The bill was sponsored by the California Republican congressmen - all 15 of them. [1]
The San Joaquin Valley of California has seen environmental issues arise from agricultural production, industrial processing, and the region's use as a transportation corridor, experiencing some of the nation’s worst air quality, high rates of childhood asthma, and contaminated drinking water. [1] Geographically, the San Joaquin Valley ...
The federal government and some 10 water districts are ponying up $1.1 billion to expand California’s largest reservoir south of the Delta. Their plan is to raise the dam at San Luis Reservoir ...
Unknown to the public, the initial water would be used to irrigate the San Fernando Valley to the north, which was not at the time a part of the city. [2]: 74–76 [11]: 152 [12] From a hydrological point of view, the San Fernando Valley was ideal: its aquifer could serve as free water storage without evaporation.
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The reservoir will be capable of storing up to 82,000 acre-feet of water, and the project will offer immense benefits for water users in our region, including local residents, farmers and wildlife ...
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Consisting of both the San Joaquin Valley and Sacramento Valley, the Central Valley has an estimated two-thirds of the state's cropland with 7 million acres. [6] California is also the leading dairy producer in the country, with 1.8 million mature cows in the Central Valley contributing to 80% of California's dairies.