Road trip! Aqua Blog Maven tours Southern California reservoirs

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 28, 2009 at 8:08 am

And speaking of road trips, I recently took one. Having been blessed with a day completely free of familial obligations, I and trusty AquaDog took to the road to visit some Southern California resevoirs, including the area’s largest reservoir, Diamond Valley Lake.

To cut to the chase, here’s a picture of Diamond Valley Lake. An MWD press release in July of 2009 said it was down 100 feet.

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October 28, 2009 · Filed Under Slideshows

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The Los Angeles Aqueduct in pictures: See how it all began in this Aquafornia exclusive!

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 5, 2009 at 6:58 am

The Los Angeles Aqueduct was the very first large-scale water project ever completed in California. Mulholland & his engineer’s system of bringing the Owens River water to Los Angeles was an engineering feat of it’s time, second only to the Panama Canal. It is still in use today, nearly one-hundred years later. Follow the path of the aqueduct from Mono Lake to Southern California in this Aquafornia exclusive:

Picture Tour Of La Aqueduct

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This presentation is best viewed in full screen mode. Click the button fourth from the left on the command bar at the bottom of the slideshow’s window.

Enjoy!

October 5, 2009 · Filed Under Slideshows

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Picture gallery of the Owens Valley and other waterscapes of California and Northern Nevada

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on August 18, 2009 at 8:11 am

I recently traveled to Reno for a week, stopping along the way and taking lots of pictures. I will be putting these pictures with other pictures I have taken over the years, and will be building another photo tour – this one of the Owens Valley and the L.A. Aqueduct system. This post is the pictures from my trip, and is just a sampling of the slideshow to come. Look for it in a couple of weeks.

This picture is of some wildflowers in the Owens Valley.

So … from the LA Aqueduct siphon at Jawbone Canyon to the alpine scenery of the Sierras, from the Lake Tahoe to Nevada’s Pyramid Lake, and even a picture of the very first dam ever built by the U.S. Reclamation Service, click ‘Read More’ to check out some pictures from my trip!

August 18, 2009 · Filed Under Owens Valley & Mono Lake, Slideshows

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Aquafornia Exclusive: Slideshow of Lake Oroville at about half full

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on May 1, 2008 at 5:27 pm

Check this out!

Lake Oroville is the State Water Project’s largest reservoir. It can store 3.5 million acre-feet when full, which is enough to supply about 40% of California’s urban water needs for a year. However, two dry years have drawn down the reservoir to now under half-full 58% full, and Lake Oroville now has a ‘bathtub ring’ to rival that of Lake Mead’s.

Special thanks to Dale over at Department of Water Resources for sending me these pictures of Lake Oroville. I asked for one picture, he sent me 8! So, I put them in a slideshow.

Check out the Lake Oroville slideshow by clicking here. You might also be interested in Aquafornia’s exclusive slideshow of the State Water Project & California Aqueduct: click here.

EDIT: Sorry folks. Last I had heard, Lake Oroville was 49% full (Chico Enterprise Record, 4/16/08, click here) but today’s reports are saying 58% full. Either way, the situation does not look good.

May 1, 2008 · Filed Under DWR & State Water Project, Slideshows

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Aquafornia’s birthday present for you: something for your eyes and something for your refrigerator!

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 21, 2008 at 7:27 am

To celebrate Aquafornia’s first birthday, here are not one, but two! yes, two! birthday treats for you, dear readers!

Sit back, relax, and let Aquafornia take you on a trip that follows the trip water takes from the Delta to Southern California in this special Aquafornia exclusive slideshow. The pictures are mostly mine, except for a few. A special thanks to Ted & Dale over at the Department of Water Resources in sending me the pictures to fill in what I cannot photograph myself. I am also a little light on pictures for the East Branch, but throughout the year, I plan to finish the east branch with more detail. I also plan to do the same eventually for the Colorado River system and the Owens Valley Aqueduct. Click here for Aquafornia’s exclusive slide show of the California Aqueduct.

Thank you to all my readers who have supported Aquafornia over the last year. As a special thank you, I have the perfect accessory to your refrigerator – the Aquafornia refrigerator magnet (featuring this picture of the Cascades facility, the iconic water symbol for Southern California. Just email me your address and I will send it to you free of charge, while supplies last, or at least until enough donations come in so I can order more… Click here to receive your free Aquafornia refrigerator magnet.

Of course, any one who makes a donation to Aquafornia will automatically receive a refrigerator magnet! See right side bar. ;) </hint>

April 21, 2008 · Filed Under Slideshows, Website News

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