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Visitors since
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- Emissions Reduction Project
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In 1994, the TCCWD Emissions Reduction Facilities Corporation was formed to direct the Emissions
Reduction Project (ERP). The six million-dollar project was financed by the sale of Certificates of Participation (COP's). The primary
purpose for the ERP was to reduce emissions from the plants in accordance with the regulations of the Air Pollution Control District.
- Imported Water Project
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The Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District (TCCWD) Imported Water Project uses a mainline that is 31 miles long and
varies from 27 to 39 inches in diameter. The operational capacity of the line is 13,500 gallons per minute or 30 cubic feet per
second. This line is used to import water from the California Aqueduct and is used to
deliver imported water to our agricultural users or one of
our municipal & industrial users within the District.
- Groundwater Management
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- From 1947 until 1965, the Tehachapi Soil Conservation District and the Tehachapi -Cummings Valley Water
Conservation District developed basic groundwater and watershed studies. In 1966, lawsuits were filed in Superior Court in each of the three
groundwater basins: Brite, Cummings and Tehachapi. In accordance with the settlements,
recharge/recovery projects have been constructed and are in operation in the Tehachapi and Cummings Basins. Since
the inception of the Groundwater Management Program, average groundwater elevations have increased approximately 70 feet.
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- Pumping Plants
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The mainline is 31 miles long and varies from 27 to 39 inches in diameter. This line is used to import water from the California Aqueduct.
Water is lifted through the mainline at a total of 3,425 feet by four pumping plants. Pumping plants 1, 2, and 3 have a lift of
1,025 feet while pumping plant 4 has a lift of only 350 feet. The District’s Pump Plants are equipped with sixteen multi-stage turbine
pumps with right angle gear drives. These pumps are powered by sixteen natural gas fired, internal combustion engines (four engines per
plant).
- Tehachapi Watershed Project
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In 1983, initial
congressional funding was obtained for a flood control project to protect the City of Tehachapi. This project was made possible through the efforts of
TCCWD, Tehachapi Resource Conservation District, USDA Soil Conservation Service, City of Tehachapi and the Kern County Water Agency.
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