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HISTORIC RAIN, YET DROUGHT REMAINS <br />climate mitigation. Among these restrictions is a moratorium on development by <br />restricting new water connections.34 <br />Continue efficient water use is needed for the future. Orange County has made <br />significant changes in per -capita water use by being efficient, but any additional savings <br />will only come through changes to lifestyle. This needs to be made clear to residents if <br />additional efficiency is to be achieved, but even additional efficiency will not mitigate the <br />effects of climate on Orange County's current water supply. Ocean desalination is <br />recommended as the ultimate answer to an untapped source of water and can secure <br />Orange County's future. <br />APPENDIX B: graphics of interest <br />Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Municipal Water District Orange <br />County and Orange County Water District Information Sheets <br />COLORADO RIVER AQUEDUCT (CRA) DIAMOND VALLEY LAKE (DVL) <br />LONG <br />MONTHS OF EMERGENCY SUPPLY <br />2417) <br />MILES LONG Located in Riverside County, near Hemet. DVL is Southern <br />California s largest drinking water reservoir. DVL nearly <br />The Colorado River is an essential doubles Southern California's surface storage and provides six <br />water Supply for Orange County- months of emergency water supplies for the region, protecting <br />it against water shortages caused by drought and earthquakes. <br />The CRA transports water 242 DVL measures 4.5 miles long and over 2 miles wide, with a <br />miles west from Lake Havasu on maximum depth of 285 feet. The lake holds up to 264 billion <br />gallons of water and is home to one of 16 hydroelectric plants <br />the CaliforniafArizona border to along the MWD distribution system. <br />Lake Mathews in Riverside County. <br />Pitt t- . Owned and operated by MWD, the <br />CRA began delivering water to <br />southern California in 1941 and <br />was the largest public works <br />- - project in southern California w_ during the Great Depression. STATE WATER PROJECT <br />4p� <br />I i <br />Five pumping plants push water 700+ <br />through the aqueduct and up over MILES LONG <br />1,617 feet of mountainous terrain. <br />The State Water Project (SWP) is a <br />water storage and delivery system <br />that facilitates the transfer of water <br />from the lakes and rivers of <br />Northern California to residential <br />communities, agricultural districts, l <br />and businesses in the San <br />Francisco Bay area, Central Valley, <br />and Southern California. <br />The SWP is the largest state built <br />water delivery and power generation - <br />system in the nation, consisting of <br />more than 3D lakes and reservoirs, j >) <br />over 20 water pumping plants, 5 <br />hydroelectric power plants, several <br />dams, and over 700 hundred miles f <br />of canals and pipelines. s' <br />ORAg6LgN lY GRAND JURY 2022 1 2023 7 — 47 1 1/?'h?eQAf 57 <br />