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In 1971, there was a state proposal to remove SR 209 from the state highway system, which the City of San Diego objected to. [27] However, SR 209 was deleted from the system in 2003, [28] [dead link ] and had been given to the City of San Diego in 2001. [29]
The San Diego Aqueduct is a system of four aqueducts in the U.S. state of California, supplying about 70 percent of the water supply for the city of San Diego. [1] The system comprises the First and Second San Diego Aqueducts, carrying water from the Colorado River west to reservoirs on the outskirts of San Diego.
The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) is a wholesale supplier of water to the roughly western third of San Diego County, California. The Water Authority was formed in 1944 by the California State Legislature. SDCWA serves 22 member agencies with 34 Board of Director members. [1]
“The amount of water that we saw yesterday would have overwhelmed any city drainage system," he said. "This dumping of rainwater is unprecedented in most San Diegans' lifetimes. None of us alive ...
The city of San Diego purchased the dam from Mountain Water Company in 1914. Since then, it has been raised several times to increase its capacity – 5 feet (1.5 m) in 1917, 10 feet (3.0 m) in 1923, 4 feet (1.2 m) in 1930 and 2 feet (0.61 m) in 1946.
Before, it had 50 percent more traffic than it was designed to handle; [43] it was considered by the San Diego Union-Tribune as "California's busiest trade route with Mexico." Traffic had increased by ten times, with the number of people dying in traffic accidents approaching five times the state average.
When full, the reservoir covers 1,234 acres (4.99 km 2), has a maximum water depth of 115 feet (35 m), and a shoreline of 27 miles (43 km). [1] Lake Hodges is owned by the City of San Diego and supplies water to the San Dieguito Water District and Santa Fe Irrigation District. Lake Hodges has a total capacity of 30,251 acre-feet of water. [2]
Springs of San Diego County, California (6 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of San Diego County, California" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.