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The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River.Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561 (equivalent to $137,766,000 in 2023), it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley, approximately eight miles (13 km) east of the river's source in the western end of the Valley, in Los Angeles, California.
It provides water conservation storage and is also the central element of the Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) flood control system. Its reservoir has a capacity of 67,060 acre⋅ft (82,720,000 m 3). The Whittier Narrows are a natural gap in the hills that form the southern boundary of the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California.
Meanwhile, the Army Corps of Engineers' debris removal was expected to take 18 months. After Trump's recent visit to L.A., the Army Corps now says it can be done in a year.
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Faced with the enormous task of rebuilding after the Palisades fire, Los Angeles city officials can no longer oversee a major expansion of the downtown Convention Center in time for the 2028 ...
Reservoir Dam River County Owner Completed Type Height of dam [a] Reservoir capacity (ft) (m) (acre ft) (1,000 m 3) ; Almaden Reservoir: Almaden Dam: Alamitos Creek
The White House has sworn in more than 9,000 members of the American Climate Corps. In California, they're managing wildfires, installing solar panels and more. Meet the Californians serving in ...
The United States Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division (SPD) is an Army organization providing civil works and military water resource services/infrastructure. It also supports economically viable and environmentally sustainable watershed management and water resources development in California , Arizona , Nevada , Utah and New Mexico ...