California Wants to Send Water Uphill Through Its State Aqueduct

Gravity being what it is , piddle run to flow downhill — but engineers in California are trying to reverse that process for counter the effects of the state ’s current drought .

Associated Press reportsthat the state is contrive to utilise diesel - power pumps to send water back up a section of the 420 - mile aqueduct so as to water fields . It ’s a complex engineering problem that could cost between $ 1.5 to $ 9.5 million , but , as AP puts it , it ’s “ worth it to keep word of mouth , pistachios and pomegranate Tree alive . ” Speaking to the word delegacy , Geoff Shaw , an engineer with the United States Department of State Department of Water Resources , explain :

“ There is no spot on planet Earth where an aqueduct is designed to go backwards . But they have a pauperism for water supply in a place where they ca n’t carry out it , and this is their plan to fix it . ”

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The proposed solution would see railroad engineer pump water into the emergency hugger-mugger pee stores in Kern County , a couple of hours northerly of LA , which would then be used to raise levels in a small , unopen plane section of the aqueduct . From there , ticker would push the water system over locks to get it back upstream , to where granger need it to water their harvest .

The proposal — presently being reviewed by state officials and engineers — could see up to 30,000 Akko - feet of water being sent up a 33 - mile stretch of the aqueduct , between Bakersfield and Kettleman City . An Akko - foot , by the way , is ( perhaps unsurprisingly ) enough water to cover an Akko to a depth of one foot .

urine has once hang up the land aqueduct before — but that was back in 1983 when weighed down rain necessitate ticker to be used in ordination to keep the system from flooding . Now , if the project gets the go onward , it could happen for quite the opposite ground . [ APviaVerge ]

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