Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1913 — Water Eight Times Used. [ARTICLE]

Water Eight Times Used.

A part of the water of the Santa Ana river in southern California is used eight times, as follows: From a reservoir in the San Bernardino mountains it is diverted through two electric power plants and then used for irrigation purposes about Redlands and Highlands. The water not absorbed by the ground Is Recovered through springs and used for irrigating the land about San Bernardino. Some of it reappears in the Riverside Narrows and is utilized for power purposes. It is then returned to the river above Corona and distributed by canals to the Orange groves around Santa Ana Some of the water is once more recovered by the pumping plants west of this city and used for tbs eighth time.—Popular Mechanics. •