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  2. California Reclamation Districts - Wikipedia

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    A reclamation district represents former wetlands that were drained for agriculture. The reclamation districts were created by acts of State Legislature, mostly in the early 1900s in order to allow land to be used for agriculture. For example, Reclamation District No. 1000 was created on April 8, 1911. [4]

  3. Reclamation district - Wikipedia

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    However, if the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, [1] which is responsible for monitoring California reclamation districts, determines that a local district is not adequately maintaining its levee system, the Board has the power to authorize the California Department of Water Resources to establish a maintenance area and essentially take ...

  4. Ryer Island - Wikipedia

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    It is in Solano County, California, and managed by Reclamation District 501. [2] The 4,750 ha (11,700-acre) island is named in honor of a California pioneer, Dr. Washington M. Ryer, and his family. A map prepared at the time of statehood shows the area divided by the west fork of the Sacramento River, with the western half identified as Priest ...

  5. Sherman Island (California) - Wikipedia

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    The 5,500 ha (14,000 acres) island, mostly managed by Reclamation District 341, [2] is the meeting point of Sacramento, Solano, and Contra Costa Counties, and is bordered on the north and northwest by the Sacramento River, on the northeast by Three Mile Slough, and on the east, and south west by the San Joaquin River. Sherman Island is a widely ...

  6. List of dams and reservoirs in California - Wikipedia

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    Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California . Dams in service

  7. After massive sewage spill that polluted beaches, L.A. agrees ...

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    The Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant in Playa del Rey is Los Angeles' largest wastewater treatment facility. ... U.S. attorney for the Central District of California. “So this issue was very ...

  8. Jones Tract - Wikipedia

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    The tracts are bifurcated by the parallel running Mokelumne Aqueduct, West Lower Jones Road, and a railroad originally built by the Achison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, which now carries freight trains of the BNSF Railway and Amtrak California's San Joaquin. It is in San Joaquin County, and managed by Reclamation District 2039. [1]

  9. Webb Tract - Wikipedia

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    Northern California: ... and managed by Reclamation District 2026. [7] [8] [9] ... The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California purchased the island in 2016.