<br />Bulletin 16D-98 Public Review Draft
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<br />Califomie Weter P/en
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<br />Chapter 9. Options for Meeting Future Water Needs in Eastern Sierra and Colorado River
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<br />Regions of California , , , , , , . , , . , , , , '. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , . , . . . . . , , . , , , , , . , ; , , ,. 9-1
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<br />North Lahontan Hydrologic Region .""",.""",.",..,..".........""""..,..,.. 9-1
<br />Description of the Area, '" , ".... . . .. ... ,..... ...., .,... ,.. ... ., ... ... ,.. "..,9-1
<br />Water Demands and Supplies ............................"",...,....,."..". 9-4
<br />Local Water Resources Management Issues ""....."'."".......,.........,...9-10
<br />TruckeeRiverOperatingAgreement................,",."........,',.... 9-10
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<br />Walker River. . . . . . . . , , , . . , , . . . . . . , , . , . . . . . , . , , , , , , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 9-11
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<br />Lake Tahoe, ..........................................."".,......" 9-12
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<br />Leviathan Mine, ,.. . ... ... . ...... ... .. ........ ...., '" " . ., ..."".. ..9-13
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<br />Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project. . . , , , , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , , , . . 9-13
<br />January 1997 flood event. .............................,.,.",..........9-14
<br />Water Management Options for the North Lahontan Region. . . , , . , , . , , . , , , , . . . . . .. . . . 9-14
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<br />Water Conservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
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<br />Urban ....................................................... 9-15
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<br />Agricultural. ..,.,.",......,.....,.,...,..",.".."""""" 9-15
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<br />New Reservoirs ."..,. , , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , . 9-17
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<br />Groundwater .........................,.....,.,.,........,........... 9-17
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<br />Water Resources Management Plan for the North Lahontan Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
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<br />South Lahontan Hydrologic Region ",............................................,.". 9-20
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<br />Description of the Area. . . . . . . . . . , . , , , , , , . , , , , , . . , . , , , , , , . , . . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
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<br />Water Demands and Supplies. . . , . . . , , , . , , , , , , , , , . , , . , , . , , . , , . , , , . , , , . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
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<br />Los Angeles Aqueduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , , , . , 9-24
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<br />State Water Project .........................",...................",. 9-25
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<br />Local Surface Water Supplies .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , , . , , , , , , , , , . . . 9-26
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<br />Groundwater Supplies ........."""...,.".",.........,............. 9-27
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<br />Local Water Resources Management Issues ..................".",.........,....9-29
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<br />Owens Valley Area ..........................,.,.........".",....... 9-29
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<br />Mono Basin .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , , 9-30
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<br />Mojave River Adjudication , , , . . , . . . , . . , , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , , . . . . . . . . , . . . 9-32
<br />Antelope Valley Water Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . , .. . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 9-33
<br />Interstate Groundwater Basins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . , 9-34
<br />Water Management Options for South Lahontan Region. , . . , . , , ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
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<br />Water Conservation. . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , , , , . , . , , ,. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , , 9-35
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