California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct
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(California Department of Water Resources)

The Kern River is swollen with so much runoff from the epic Sierra Nevada snowpack that state water officials have decided to open a rarely used relief valve, diverting floodwaters into the California Aqueduct to be used as drinking water in Southern California.
Read at Los Angeles Times
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