WONDERFUL “SPONGE.”
CONSERVING WATER SUPPLY.
DEVELOPMENT IN CALIFORNIA-
In Southern California, where land without water is worth, little, various means have to be adopted to conserve the winter rainfall for the dry summer months. From May till, October landowners depend on the underground water supply. A recent development has been the construction of a, vast natural “sponge” destined to ho»l:d the flood-waters from the great canyons in the district. The water from the melting snow or rains is distributed over nearly 800 acres of rock and sandy iund. covered from end to end with sage hushes. This area has been intersected by specially constructed ditches with concrere distributing gates, by means of which the water is kept circulating, instead of pouring away to waste. At the height of the season this wonderful "sponge” soalis v.n the rain, all. of which can he pumped to the surface when required.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5015, 18 August 1926, Page 4
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148WONDERFUL “SPONGE.” Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5015, 18 August 1926, Page 4
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