Levee break highlights threat to California's delivery system

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Delta shared by California's Sacramento and San Joaquin serves a home to vast tracts of rich agricultural land lying at the hub of the state's massive system for delivering water from northern California to points south and serves as a source of drinking water for 22 million California residents, maintaining water quality within the region is a paramount importance is presented. The efforts necessitated by the levee break to CaliforniaEs system are highlighted.

Drinking water, Water quality

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California drainage project to rely on local disposal

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This article discusses a new approach for the drainage of agricultural lands in California. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's alternative plan disposes the runoff in evaporation ponds constructed locally.

Methods, Innovations, Runoff, Drainage, Evapotranspiration

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Chemical catalyst readily destroys perchlorate

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Usage of chemical catalysts like palladium and rhenium to remove perchlorate from ground water is presented.

All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, Water Treatment Chemicals, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing, Chemical preparations, not elsewhere classified, Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Ammonium Perchlorate, Water, Underground, Groundwater, Chemical properties

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