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The Santa Clara Valley Water District

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Santa Clara County is located at the south end of San Francisco Bay. Its location within the State of California is; seen in Figure 1. It is a water-deficient area in terms of its present water needs. Water management in this 3,100 square kilometer county is the responsibility of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, an agency created by the California Legislature and controlled by the residents of the district.

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  1. Poland, J. F. Subsidence contours in North Santa Clara Valley.

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  1. Goleta Water District, Santa Barbara, California, USA

    Lloyd C. Fowler

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  1. Institute for Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Water Management, University of Catania, Catania, Sicily, Italy

    Emanuele Guggino (Professor and Director) & Giuseppe Rossi (Professor) (Professor and Director) &  (Professor)

  2. Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

    David Hendricks (Professor) (Professor)

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Fowler, L.C. (1983). The Santa Clara Valley Water District. In: Guggino, E., Rossi, G., Hendricks, D. (eds) Operation of Complex Water Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 58. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6807-3_27

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