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The historic watershed can be viewed in the Thompson and West 1876 maps. [8] [9] The Guadalupe Slough carries the flows of San Thomas Aquino, Calabazas, and Saratoga Creeks out into south San Francisco Bay, passing just to the east of the Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Ponds. Major tributaries include Booker, Bonjetti and Congress Springs ...
The most important rivers in Chile are the Loa River in the Northern Atacama Desert, the country's longest river with a length of 420 km that has suffered pollution from copper mining; the Baker River in Patagonia, the country's largest river in terms of discharge that is the site of Chile's largest planned hydropower plant with a capacity of ...
On May 6, 1959, the City of San José and City of Santa Clara signed a joint powers agreement, "Agreement between San Jose and Santa Clara Respecting Sewage Treatment Plant", [1] giving Santa Clara 20% ownership in exchange for helping to fund upgrades at the plant, which was renamed the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant. [2]
Rivers with a basin area of more than 10,000 km² Rank Name Basin area Length 1: Loa River: 33,570 km² [1]: 440 km [1]: 2: Baker River: 26,726 km²: 170 km 3: Bío-Bío River
Calabazas Creek at Pruneridge Avenue, Santa Clara Calabazas Creek at Lochinvar Avenue, Sunnyvale. An unnamed tributary of Calabazas Creek starts at an elevation of 1,714 feet (522 m) on Table Mountain, whose summit is at 2,037 feet (621 m) and located at 37°15'30" N and 122°04' 55" W, although the creek's official USGS source is at 794 feet (242 m) and located at 37°16'29" N and 122°04'07 ...
In 2018, the river suddenly began to change color due to gold mining. The river recorded the highest level of microplastics ever reported in river water globally in early 2024. [16] [17] Plastic pollution, heavy metals and cyanide contamination as a result of illegal gold mining, and human generated waste. [18] Threatening the Osun Osogbo ...
Non-revenue water ("water losses") in Chilean water companies was on average 34% in 2006, an unusually high level for a sector that is so modern in so many other aspects. The level of non-revenue water is higher than in Germany, France or the United Kingdom (see, for example, water losses in Germany ).
Air pollution from industry and transportation and water pollution are especially acute in urban centers. In 1996, Chile's industrial carbon dioxide emissions totaled 48.7 million metric tons. Untreated sewage poses the major threat to the nation's water quality. As of 2001, Chile had 928 cu km of renewable water