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Storm gives O.C. 500 million gallons of water

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 9, 2009 at 5:58 am

03.river.120809.mrFrom the O.C. Register’s Science Dude:

“The storm that drenched Orange County on Monday sent runoff streaming down the Santa Ana River, where roughly 467 million gallons of precipitation had been captured by 1 p.m today. behind Prado Dam. The figure was expected to surpass 500 million by tonight. That’s enough to serve about 1,500 households for one year. But it’s literally a relative drop in the bucket.

The Orange County Water District diverts that water into percolation pools near Honda Center in Anaheim, and the water slowly makes its water into the county’s main groundwater table. But OCWD provides all or part of the water consumed by 2.5 million Orange County residents each year — or roughly 160 billion gallons. So Monday’s take represents only a fraction of the water used here annually.

“The storm was a good kick-off to the rainy season,” said Adam Hutchinson, director of recharge operations for OCWD. “We want need is a series of steady storms from now through March … “

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December 9, 2009 · Filed Under Stormwater & Urban Runoff

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