There is a plan to put solar panels over aqueducts for power generation and evaporation reduction.
Southern California relies on most of its water coming from a long way away. Here’s a look at several of the aqueducts that keep our taps flowing year-round.
It only took five years to build the 233-mile project from the Owens River to Los Angeles.Impressive features The most difficult and time-consuming parts of the project were the tunnels. In the first 11 months of work, 22 miles of tunnel were dug. The Elizabeth Tunnel set a record for hard rock tunnel driving at 604 feet in a month. At the aqueduct’s dedication ceremonies at the cascades in Sylmar on Nov. 5, 1913, more than 30,000 people attended. The population of Los Angeles was about 400,000 in 1913.
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