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  2. Los Angeles Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles Aqueduct Second Los Angeles Aqueduct Mono Extension: Maintained by: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: Characteristics; Total length: 419 mi (674 km) Diameter: 12 ft (3.7 m) First section length: 233 mi (375 km) Second section length: 137 mi (220 km) Capacity: First Aqueduct 422 cu ft/s (11.9 m 3 /s) Second Aqueduct 290 cu ...

  3. Temescal Valley, California - Wikipedia

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    Temescal Valley (Temescal, Spanish for "sweat lodge") is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California. [2] Temescal Valley sits at an elevation of 1,138 feet (347 m). [ 2 ] The 2010 United States census reported Temescal Valley's population was 22,535.

  4. Temescal Valley (California) - Wikipedia

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    Temescal Valley (Temescal, Spanish for "sweat lodge") in California is a graben rift valley in western Riverside County, California, a part of the Elsinore Trough. The Elsinore Trough is a graben between the Santa Ana Mountain Block to the southwest and the Perris Block on the northeast. It is a complex graben, divided lengthwise into several ...

  5. Lake Hughes, California - Wikipedia

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    In 1907 William Mulholland, superintendent of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, started work on the Elizabeth Lake Tunnel for transporting water in the Los Angeles Aqueduct from Owens Valley to Los Angeles. Less than a half a mile east of Lake Hughes, the five-mile-long (8 km) tunnel is 285 feet (87 m) under the valley floor.

  6. Southern California's 'water doctor' pushes for ... - AOL

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    MWD head Adel Hagekhalil wants Southern California to adapt to climate change, becoming more resilient and more self-reliant on local water sources.

  7. Pacoima, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct brought a new supply of water to the area. With the new water supply, the number of orchards, farms and poultry ranches greatly increased and thoroughbred horses began to be raised. [15] Los Angeles annexed the land, including Pacoima, as part of ordinance 32192 N.S. on May 22, 1915. [17]

  8. California Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    When it was open, the California Aqueduct Bikeway was the longest of the paved paths in the Los Angeles area, at 107 miles (172 km) long from Quail Lake near Gorman in the Sierra Pelona Mountains through the desert to Silverwood Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. This path was closed in 1988 due to bicyclist safety and liability issues.

  9. Westmont, California - Wikipedia

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    Westmont is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, a part of the South Los Angeles area, just east of Inglewood. The population was 33,913 at the 2020 census, [5] up from 31,853 at the 2010 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Westmont as a census-designated place (CDP).