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The water that supplies the Santa Clara Valley Water District comes from various locations. Some of it comes from snowpack melt miles away. [3] This water is brought to the county through the many infrastructure projects in California, including the Federal Central Valley Project. [3] Santa Clara county also gets some of its water from recycled ...
In 1943, because of the rapid expansion of orchards in the county, the Santa Clara Valley Water District determined that the well water in the Santa Clara Valley was being diminished rapidly and a dam was needed on Los Gatos Creek, with one goal being to percolate the water into the ground and ultimately increase the amount of well water ...
Uvas Creek is a 29.5-mile-long (47.5 km) [12] mainly southward-flowing stream originating on Loma Prieta peak of the Santa Cruz Mountains, in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The creek descends through Uvas Canyon County Park into Uvas Reservoir near Morgan Hill , and on through Uvas Creek Preserve and Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy .
Location: Santa Clara County, California: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Coyote Creek [2]: Primary outflows: Coyote Creek [2]: Catchment area: 194.4 sq mi (503 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: Santa Clara Valley Water District: Max. length: 41,184 ft (12,553 m): Max. width: 3,840 ft (1,170 m): Surface area: 1,271 acres (5.14 km 2): Water volume ...
The watershed is approximately 1,300 square miles (3,400 km 2) and covers portions of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey Counties. [17] The Pajaro River mainstem begins just west of San Felipe Lake , [ 18 ] also called Upper Soap Lake, which is a permanent natural lake formed by the confluence of Pacheco Creek , Tequisquita ...
Location: Santa Clara County, California: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Cherry Canyon, [2] Pine Tree Canyon [3]: Primary outflows: Arroyo Calero [4]: Catchment area: 7.14 sq mi (18.5 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: Santa Clara Valley Water District: Max. length: 2.2 miles (3.5 km): Surface area: 349 acres (141 ha): Water volume: 9,934 acre-feet ...
Coyote Dam is a 140-foot (43 m) high, 980-foot (300 m) long, earth and rock dam built in 1936 (88 years ago) () in Santa Clara County, California, United States, located north of Gilroy. It impounds the 635-acre (257 ha) 3.5-mile (5.6 km) long Coyote Lake (also known as Coyote Reservoir). [1] The Santa Clara Valley Water District owns the dam.
Parke County is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district; Indiana Senate district 38; [42] and Indiana House of Representatives districts 41, 42 and 44. [ 43 ] Parke County is a consistently Republican county in presidential elections, having voted for Democratic Party candidates only four times since 1888, and not at all since Lyndon B ...