Fishing for Kharma

  "Ok, so it's not just a water reflection but water themed kharma.

This is not how the ocean works but it is how my luck works. "

This image was submitted by Frankin R. from redding , CA.

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Meramec River

The Meramec River is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in Missouri, draining 3,980 square miles while wandering 218 miles from headwaters near Salem to where it empties into the Mississippi River near St. Louis. Once upon a time the Meramec River was  an important industrial shipping route to transport goods such as lead, iron and timber downstream by flatboat and shallow draft streamboat.Today, the river is primarily used recreationally by canoe outfitters and ferry boat excursions in addition to commercially by tourboat and gravel mining barges. 

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The District

"In 1920, the Fresno Irrigation District (District) became the successor to the privately owned Fresno Canal and Land Company.  The District inherited over 800 miles of canals and distribution networks that were constructed between 1860 and 1890.  In addition to the canals, the District also retained extensive water rights on the Kings River.  The District receives a small amount of water from the San Joaquin River through the Friant Water Authority.

The District is made up of 245,000 acres of rich farmland and urban areas all within Fresno County.  Water from our infrastructures supplies the rapidly growing metropolitan areas of the City of Fresno and the City of Clovis. 

As the premier irrigation district in the Central Valley, the District has been involved in local, valley, and state-wide water issues.    The District is proud to be involved in programs such as the Kings River Fishery Management Program and a leader in developing groundwater banking facilities.  The District continues to strive to be the good stewards of surface and groundwater supplies to meet the needs of the agricultural, urban, and environmental requirements of our constituents and neighbors."

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Tucamari, New Mexico

The US Burea of reclamation manages many water water projects in the western United States. The Tucumcari Project, has about 41,000 acres of irrigable land. The project  includes the Conchas Dam and Reservoir (constructed by the Corps of Engineers), Conchas and Hudson Canals, and a distribution and drainage system. Some  of the lands in the project area have been in cultivation for 145 years but residents of Quay and San Miguel Counties primarily have been livestock producers. Construction of the irrigation system began in 1940 and continued to December 1942, when work was suspended by the War Production Board. The project was reauthorized in April 1944 as a war emergency food project. First water was delivered to project lands in 1946 and construction was essentially completed in 1950. 

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Giving Thanks

My Your Our Water would like to take a moment to THANK all those who supported MYOW's journey to Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Michael & Madelyn Adams

Catherine Daryl Sotak Adams
Richard App

Dorothy Ginley Bahm
Joanna Benton

Howard Berry

Nancy Lowery Bregar

Sonya Sotak Elling

Dave Gaidamavice

Jenny Gryniewicz

Karrie Hovey

Chris Jagmin

Sarah Kinney

Brian Lowery

Jenny Lowery

Mike McGreal

Suzy Mitchell

Ann Morton

Leslie Olds Nicola

Kip Patrick

Stan Rader

Carol Setler

Kym Showers

Shirley Snage

Connie Sotak

Cj Sotak

Alan Stillwell

Hollie Stenson

Bret & Cindy Ward
Kathleen Wedge

Jamie Yon

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Amarillo, Texas

There are approximately 69,000 water meters in Amarillo, Texas at homes and businesses. 

The City’s water is supplied from two sources: A system of wells drawing water from the Ogallala Aquifer and Lake Meredith when water is available. Lake Meredith is dependent on rainfall and snowmelt to replace the water used by the City.  The average annual rainfall in the Amarillo area is about 20 inches.  Amarillo is considered a semi-desert area. 

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The Mississippi - Missouri

The Mississippi can be ranked as the fourth longest river in the world by adding the length of the Missouri-Jefferson (Red Rock) system to the Mississippi downstream of the Missouri-Mississippi confluence—for a combined length of 3,710 miles (5,971 km)—the 2,340-mile length of the Mississippi proper is comfortably exceeded by 19 other rivers. In volume of discharge, however, the Mississippi’s rate of roughly 600,000 cubic feet (17,000 cubic metres) per second is the largest inNorth America and the eighth greatest in the world. Including the tributaries, the Mississippi drains all or part of 31 states and Canadian provinces.

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Oklahoma

Clinton Lake in western Oklahoma is located just east of Canute. Clinton Lake has 4 miles of shoreline and 335 surface acres. Facilities include picnic areas, boat ramps, and boat docks. However there's no swimming or sailboats allowed and state regulations apply to fishing and boating. 

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Delivering Water

The drought in California has ushered in a boom in water delivery services. When wells run dry the often the solution is to simply dig a new one. However, the cost to dig a well is hefty and there's no guarantee that the new well won't run dry as well. In some parts of the state there has been an increase in water theft but in Central California many homeowners are turning to a legal water solution that’s not dependent on city water lines- water delivery.  Water delivery trucks legally hook up to fire hydrants in areas that use city water and fill up the truck. The number of gallons loaded on to the truck is reported to the city. The trucks then deliver water to customers whose wells have gone dry. This may sound like  a drain on the city water system but the Clovis Water Authority that the water used by truck haulers is less than 4 percent of the city’s yearly water production.

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Platte River, Nebraska

The Platte River is one of the most significant tributaries in the Missouri watershed draining a large portion of the Central Great Plains in Nebraska and Eastern Rocky Mountains. The Platte River is approximately 310 miles  but if measured with it's main tributary it flows over 1,050miles. It is a long, broad, meandering , shallow and muddy river with many small islands and braided streams.

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