This reservoir was built to save Pacific Palisades. It was empty when the flames came
After fires destroyed nearly 500 homes in Bel Air and Brentwood in 1961, Los Angeles took a hard look at firefighting. By 1964, city leaders had added 13 fire departments, planned fire hydrants, purchased helicopters, and sent more personnel to the Santa Monica Mountains. To accommodate growth in the Pacific Palisades, they built a reservoir […]
New Arizona SRP reservoir near Apache Lake moves forward in US House
A House committee Wednesday approved a bill that would allow the Salt River Project to build a new reservoir near Lake Apache solely for the purpose of generating electricity. SRP has been comparing two sites in a canyon above Lake Apache that could build a new reservoir that would act like a battery that would […]
