User:NeniEst/sandbox

Research Topics
These are the topics I managed to look up that may need more information or do not have their own page.

History
http://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/contra-costa-canal  1937 construction  30 miles from SF  Contra Costa Water District - largest CVP urban contractor  Owner and operator of Los Vaqueros Reservoir  originally: fresh water for farming, now municipal and industrial  http://www.ccwater.com/257/CCWD-History

http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/ProjectsandPrograms/ProjectsAZ/ContraCostaWaterDistrict%28C%29.aspx

Its construction began in 1937, with delayed completion until 1948 due to World War II shortages in labor and materials.[1] It is part of the Central Valley Project managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to divert Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water from Rock Slough[1] as far as Martinez, California in Central Contra Costa County.

Los Vaqueros
http://www.ccwater.com/257/CCWD-History  off-stream storage reservoir that supplies stored water to canal http://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/contra-costa-canal

Passes Los vaqueros reservoir operated by District in 1988 (passed by voters) for better quality, back up supply in emergencies for District.

Canal Replacement Segment 2
https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/documentShow.cfm?Doc_ID=14364

Contra Costa Water District
- Water Treatment/Quality http://www.ccwater.com/257/CCWD-History

distribution of untreated canal water to cities, farms, and industry as intended. Cities and other utilities in boundaries responsible for treatment to make safe. Late 1950s = concerns about water quality and cost by people. Contra Loma Reservoir in Antioch - emergency supply for Canal. 1966= Bollman Water Treatment Plant = District's largest water treatment plant. Bult mainly for industrial and ag, had outages and landslides.

East Bay Regional Park District.

Canal Uses
The Contra Costa Canal is used for agricultural, industrial, and municipal water purposes.

Agricultural

Industrial

Municipal

The canal provides water for the largest urban contractor of the Central Valley Project, the Contra Costa Water District.

Public Concerns/Social Impact
Pittsburg Water Fiesta - Water Fiesta - 3 day celebration to celebrate water arrival from Contra Cost Canal to City of Pittsburg. Became a desireble city due to its drinkable water, resulting in building of homes and consequently, increasing population in area. People in the area were happy due to increase water quality and taste no longer being groundwater quality.http://www.ccwater.com/272/Pittsburgs-Water-Fiesta

8 people drowned since 2000, all due to different reasons ranging from trespassing to car accidents. The water current reaches up to 12 mph, and can take people through areas of 6-8 feet of depth, and 18 feet wide. Many people drown due to falling into the canal, and having trouble getting out because the canal is built steep and the sides are slippery.. Ways to stop trespassing and reducing deaths in the canal include putting up chain link fences around the canal, placement of warning signs, childhood education, pamphlet distribution, phone numbers to report people, and handing out fines from $25-$500. However, people still jump or cut fences to get into canal for all different kinds of activities.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_26133731/contra-costa-water-district-hopes-notion-avoiding-canals

Recreation
A portion of the canal's right of way has been developed as the Contra Costa Canal Regional Trail, a biking and walking trail, and is managed by the East Bay Regional Park District.

Rivers/waterways

 * 1) Started up the Nimbus Fish Hatchery article
 * 2) I went ahead and started up this article, but it has been difficult to find reliable sources online for this place. I know they have their own educational center where people can go in and learn about the fish, talk to people that work there, and even see how the fish are brought into the area where they are sliced open and the eggs are taken out. I know this because I have been there several times myself since I was a kid, but there does not seem to be much information out there about the hatchery and what it provides for the public.   As far as the hatchery and its ecosystem/natural services, I have only found that it is a hatchery placed due to the dam not allowing the fish to get to their natural hatching habitat, so they are guided up into the artificial fish ladder where they are helped out with the spawning by people - but I have not found a good place to cite this information from. There are at least a couple hundred thousand fish released yearly and I found only one source for it. I added only three sentences in the new article and they are all citing to their appropriate sources. I'll have to look around and see what other things I can look for to add to the page to fill it up some more. If I can't find anything substantial I'll try another article.
 * 3) Arcade Creek
 * 4) Nimbus Dam
 * 5) Lake Natoma
 * 6) Sly Park Dam
 * 7) Sugar Pine Dam


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