Water Education Foundation
@WaterEdFdn
Impartial nonprofit raising awareness of water issues in California and the West -- one tour, one lecture, one article, one tweet at a time. #47YearsStrong
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https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/organization/watereducationfoundation 28-07-2011 22:56:22
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#CentralValleyTour participants learned how #groundwater pumping has caused portions of the San Joaquin Valley to sink. The phenomenon, known as subsidence, can damage #cawater infrastructure, such as the Friant-Kern Canal which is currently undergoing major repairs.
On our #CentralValleyTour , we learned about the expansion & seismic retrofit of Sisk Dam, which forms #SanLuisReservoir in the western San Joaquin Valley. #DYK San Luis, currently 76% full, is the nation's largest off-stream reservoir with a capacity of 2 million acre-feet?
