{"id":478,"date":"2013-11-20T15:42:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/?p=478"},"modified":"2021-10-21T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:05:04","slug":"where-your-water-comes-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/where-your-water-comes-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Your Water Comes From"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#d9ae52&#8243; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Title Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Crimson Text||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;30&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;63px&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;] Where Your Water Comes From [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>The\u00a0Hydrology, Infrastructure And Institutional Framework<\/h3>\n<h4>Altadena water comes from one of three retail sources:<\/h4>\n<p>You buy your water from a Mutual Water Company.\u00a0It is a non-profit corporation, not a government. You and your neighbors own your Mutual. It is unlikely that the media will ever report on your Mutual. If you want to know what it is doing, you need to ask the Mutual\u2019s board.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#efefef&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|111px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Your Mutual gets your water from one of three sources:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>1 The Raymond Basin<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Your Mutual pumps groundwater from the basin and delivers it to you. 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But, you do control how you use your water.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You buy your water from a Mutual Water Company. It is a non-profit corporation, not a government. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h3>The\u00a0Hydrology, Infrastructure And Institutional Framework<\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><h4>Altadena water comes from one of three retail sources:<\/h4><p>You buy your water from a Mutual Water Company.\u00a0It is a non-profit corporation, not a government. You and your neighbors own your Mutual. It is unlikely that the media will ever report on your Mutual. If you want to know what it is doing, you need to ask the Mutual\u2019s board.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-486\" src=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"604\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p><h4>Your Mutual gets your water from one of three sources:<\/h4><p><strong>1 The Raymond Basin<\/strong> -\u00a0Your Mutual pumps groundwater from the basin and delivers it to you. This is done in accordance with the Raymond Basin Judgment which splits the basin among of 16 Parties.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-487\" src=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"568\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><b>2 Colorado River <\/b>-\u00a0Metropolitan Water District of Southern California moves water from the River in the Colorado River Aqueduct and delivers it to Foothill Municipal Water District in the Arroyo Seco.<\/p><p>Foothill MWD moves it Altadena (and to some folks in La Canada and La Crescenta) and sells it to your Mutual.<\/p><p>You share the Colorado River with the folks, farms and factories of seven states, Indian tribes, and Mexico in accordance with the \u201cLaw of the River\u201d and contracts between agencies and companies.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-488\" src=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"528\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><b>3 The Feather River -\u00a0<\/b>The State Water Project moves water from the Feather River, through the Delta, into the California Aqueduct and south to Metropolitan Water District.<\/p><p>Metropolitan in one of 29 contractors who receive water from the State Water Project.<\/p><p>The State Water Project shares the Feather River has 1,000 or so other water rights holders in accordance with California Constitution as implemented by gobs of court decisions, contracts, the State Water Code and such. The State Water Project is run by the State Department of Water.<\/p><p>The State Water Project is run by the California Department of Water Resources<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/4.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-489\" src=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/4.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"392\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><\/p><h4>Your water is subject to:<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-490\" src=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"479\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>If you want to change your water supply you need to have your hand on several of these. 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