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Hetch Hetchy Reservoir

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Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Phone:
+1 209-372-1000

Address:
Hetch Hetchy Road, Yosemite National Park, CA 95389

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 hunting-gathering. During the late 19th century, the valley was renowned for its natural beauty – often compared to that of Yosemite Valley – but also targeted for the development of water supply for irrigation and municipal interests. In 1923, the O'Shaughnessy Dam was completed on the Tuolumne River, flooding the entire valley under the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. The dam and reservoir are the centerpiece of the Hetch Hetchy Project, which in 1934 began to deliver water 167 miles west to San Francisco and its client municipalities in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
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