Controlling Dust Storms Due to Water Diversions from Owens and Mono Lakes
Author | : Duane M. Ono |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Air quality management |
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Author | : Duane M. Ono |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Air quality management |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2020-05-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309670829 |
During the 20th century, the city of Los Angeles diverted surface water flowing into Owens Lake for water supply, transforming the large, closed-basin, saline lake into a small brine pool surrounded by dry playa. Under high winds, the exposed lakebed produced large amounts of airborne dust, resulting in the highest concentrations of airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 micrometers or less (PM10) in the United States. Since 2000, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, at the direction of the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, has been constructing and implementing dust control measures on the dry lakebed, with the objective of meeting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM10 and the PM10 standards set by the state of California. Many of the dust control measures used at Owens Lake require large amounts of water, energy, and maintenance to sustain their performance. Effectiveness and Impacts of Dust Control Measures for Owens Lake evaluates the effectiveness of alternative solutions for their degree of PM10 reduction and the extent that they reduce use of water in controlling dust emissions. This report considers the associated energy and environmental and economic impacts of these proposed measures and assesses their durability and reliability.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Dust storms |
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This report discusses the dust storms that periodically rise from playas at Owens and Mono Lakes in California, the causes and effects of these storms, and some treatments to alleviate the problem.
Author | : Thomas Edward Gill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 658 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Air quality |
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Author | : Dorothy Green |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2007-10-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520253272 |
"Dorothy Green has produced a tour de force with her wonderfully clear exposition of the evolution of water-management successes and failures in the greater Los Angeles area and much of the state."—Norris Hundley, author of The Great Thirst: Californians and Water—A History "If you have questions about water management in California, this book holds the answers. Water delivery systems make life possible in California, from natural watersheds and rivers to man-made aqueducts, treatment plants and delivery pipes. Dorothy Green's Managing Water uses the Los Angeles area to tell a statewide story of water supply, drinking water quality and treatment, conservation, recycling, and future planning. How is water kept pure or, when polluted, made clean again? What contaminates lurk in groundwater basins? What agency delivers water to your home? And how are water policy decisions made that effect your future? This is a detailed summary of the complex world of California water management that provides common sense recommendations for the future."—David Carle, author of Introduction to Water in California "For students of California water, Dorothy Green uses the complexity of water management in the Los Angeles area as the essential classroom. This is required reading and a necessary reference for all who participate in southern California's efforts to manage its most limited and threatened resource."—Jeffrey Mount, University of California, Davis, author of California Rivers and Streams