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This Giant ‘Inland Ocean’ is Southern California’s Last Defense Against Drought

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Louis Sahagun

Mechanical engineer Brent Yamasaki set out amid the recent blistering heat wave to take stock of the giant dams, pumps and pipes that support Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County, the largest storehouse of water in Southern California.

The reservoir, which he helped build 25 years ago, is 4½ miles long and 2 miles wide and holds back nearly 800,000 acre-feet of water — so much that it would take 20,000 years to fill it with a garden hose.

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MWD Extends Greenland Farm Lease On Diamond Valley Lake Property

/in , /by /Valley News (Fallbrook)by Joe Naiman

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California does not currently use a 72.5-acre parcel which was acquired to construct MWD’s Diamond Valley Lake reservoir. Five years ago MWD leased that parcel to Greenland Farm Inc., and a MWD board vote extended the lease, Sept. 11. The lease will be on a year-to-year basis through 2023. During the 2018-2019 lease term Greenland Farm will pay the water district $14,137, and the lease includes a 3 percent annual rent increase. The year-to-year basis allows MWD to end the lease before 2023 if the water district needs the land for reservoir or other use, and termination for cause can be given with a 30-day notice.

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