Hetch Hetchy Controversy
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Hetch hetchy controversy. But hetch hetchy reservoir remains as a scar upon yosemite and our national park system. Hetch hetchy valley lies about 20 miles north of yosemite valley. The national park service conducted research to determine what would happen if the dam were removed and people have repeatedly proposed costly studies to further understand the.
Hetch hetchy dam controversy. Controversy continues to swirl around the hetch hetchy dam even now. In a 2006 analysis in the journal of the american water resources association lund identified additional options for storing the water that is currently in hetch.
Moreover the stated term is typically located in northwestern part of the national park of yosemite. The mission of restore hetch hetchy is to restore the hetch hetchy valley in yosemite national park to its natural splendor while continuing to meet the water and power needs of all communities that depend on the tuolumne river. As described by robert redford hetch hetchy s damming turned into the defining struggle of the conservation movement.
The hetch hetchy water system includes other reservoirs and the one in hetch hetchy valley stores only about a quarter of the water san francisco gets from the tuolumne river. There have been lawsuits over whether san francisco violated the agreements of the raker act. Since the 1880s the city of san francisco had been raising the possibility of constructing a dam on the tuolumne river at hetch hetchy valley.
Restoration would not only re open the magnificent hetch hetchy valley but help reduce the chronic overcrowding that plagues its yosemite valley neighbor. The unfortunate story of the clear cutting damming and flooding of hetch hetchy valley has been told many times in books and film. The hetch hetchy dam is the name of a popular reservoir and water system in the state of california.
San francisco to build a reservoir in hetch hetchy valley. During 19th century the. Hetch hetchy is the name of a valley a reservoir and a water system in california in the united states the glacial hetch hetchy valley lies in the northwestern part of yosemite national park and is drained by the tuolumne river for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from the united states in the 1850s the valley was inhabited by native americans who practiced subsistence.
Between 1908 and 1913 congress debated whether to make a water resource available or preserve a wilderness when the growing city of san francisco california proposed building a dam in the hetch hetchy valley to provide a steady water supply. A fitting tribute to john muir would be for us to find the wisdom and the will to restore the grandeur of hetch hetchy valley in the early 21st century for our families and all future. Rise of environmental and economic concerns.
Hetch hetchy environmental debates.
