KPIX CBS July 3, 2024
Built to replace it is sinking as well. Were talking about the Friant Kern Canal near the San Joaquin Valley. The system starts at Millerton Lake north of fresno and runs 152 miles south powered entirely by gravity, but gravity means going downhill and that has gotten complicated, simple as it sound. Decades of groundwater pumping have caused valley floors to sink and the canal right along with it. To convey this water south through this section, weve lost over 60 of the carrying capacity. So we first showed you the solution back in august 2022. It is a new canal built right alongside the old ...