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UC water archive needs new home

Posted by: Maven on October 26, 2009 at 8:21 am

From the Sacramento Bee:

“The future of water in California is a well-known point of contention. Now the history of water has become a subject of concern.

State budget problems have driven the University of California to seek a new home for the Water Resources Center Archives, a repository of research and historical documents unique in the nation.

The archives, housed at UC Berkeley, hold thousands of studies, maps and photographs documenting the struggle over water in California and throughout the arid West. For decades it has served as a shrine for engineers, lawyers and academics working to understand and improve the management of water, California’s most precious resource.

Though housed at UC Berkeley, the archives are funded by the UC Office of the President as a systemwide resource. The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the president’s office recently said that, to save money, the archives must be moved by June 30, 2010. …”

Read more from the Sacramento Bee by clicking here.

You can check out all the Water Resources Center Archives have to offer by visiting them online: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/

October 26, 2009 · Filed Under History

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