CLIRWater

Sending much gratitude to all of our #CLIRWater project partners and the students of the #ClaremontColleges, Oviatt Library, and CSUSB for their work over the last 3 years. Thank you to the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for supporting our collaborative preservation and dissemination project on #SouthernCalifornia #water resources! Pomona College National Archives at Riverside Upland Public Library A.K. Smiley Public Library Water Resources & Policy Initiatives #OntarioCityLibrary

#Maps of the sources of inflow, 2000 of the #SaltonSea area and the #water use and allocation of the #ColoradoRiver from the 2002 Salton Sea #Atlas courtesy of the Salton Sea Database Program at the University of Redlands from our #CLIRWater project partner, the Water Resources Institute at CSUSB. Water Resources & Policy Initiatives Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

A portion of the preface from the Federal-State Reconnaissance Report on the #SaltonSea Project from the U.S. Department of the Interior and the #CaliforniaNaturalResourcesAgency from October 1969. Item from our #CLIRWater project partner, the Water Resources Institute Water Resources & Policy Initiatives. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

The #CLIRWater team extends our thanks to the program officers from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for visiting us. At the Upland Public Library, we saw banners from #Mildura, #Australia. The #Chaffey brothers were pioneers in the City of Ontario, California - Government and City of Upland, as well as Mildura Rural City Council.

A #photograph by Robert Frampton of a #bridge out on 6th street, east of #Claremont, #California, during the #flood of March 1938 from the #Water Resources Collection of Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

#Graph of the historical and projected growth in demand for imported #water in present Metropolitan Water District of Southern California service area from 1940 to 2020 as part of the summary statement by the California Department of Water Resources presented before the #CaliforniaWaterCommission on December 5, 1958. Item from the Joseph J. Prendergast Papers. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

A table showing the historical and projected growth in annual demand for imported #water in the #SouthernCalifornia area from 1950 to 2020 as part of a summary statement by the California Department of Water Resources presented before the #CaliforniaWaterCommission on December 5, 1958. This item is from the Joseph J. Prendergast Papers. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

If you #travel through Ontario International Airport, stop by this #relief of #pioneer George Chaffey by John Edward Svenson. You can view the digitized #letters of #Chaffey and his brother, William, as part of the #CLIRWater project, by visiting: http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu//landin/collection/cwd. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

A 1905 #testimony for crystal #spring #water. Jennie E. Davis writes that the water has been used for years and that the family has enjoyed the wealth of good health during that time. The note is from the Crystal Springs Heron Collection of our #CLIRWater project partner A.K. Smiley Public Library. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

A #photograph of a #horse-drawn #vehicle for #CrystalSpring #water from the Heron Collection of our #CLIRWater project partner A.K. Smiley Public Library. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

A #CrystalSprings #distilled #water #label from the Heron Collection of our #CLIRWater project partner A.K. Smiley Public Library. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

An invitation to a December 1973 #California Water Resources Association #water and #environmental leaders’ luncheon and board of directors’ meeting regarding water supply and #energy production from the Feather River Project Association Collection of our #CLIRWater project partner Oviatt Library. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

A 1963 #newsletter of the #FeatherRiver Project Association regarding the proposed Pacific Southwest Water Plan, the construction of the #OrovilleDam, and #California’s future #water development from the Feather River Project Association Collection of our #CLIRWater project partner Oviatt Library. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

A statement of the #FeatherRiver Project Association regarding the #CaliforniaDelta presented before a #CaliforniaWaterCommission meeting 55 years ago today from the Feather River Project Association Collection of our #CLIRWater project partner Oviatt Library. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)