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Ventura County and Upper Santa Clara River Drainage Area Land and Water Use Survey, 1961

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | April 15th, 1965


The pastoral rolling hills and  agricultural valleys of  Ventura County and the Upper Santa Clara River Drainage  Area are  experiencing rapid changes in land and  water use. The rural character of the landscape had remained somewhat stable until the expanding perimeter of urban development of Los Angeles County spilled over into the area. Increasing industrial  decentralization in the Los Angeles area has also  brought light industry to Ventura County, and the resulting increase in employee population has afforded new opportunity for commercial service and  supply enterprises to develop. The increased momentum of industrial and residential development is paralleled by  an equivalent rise in  water utilization.

As a result, additional water supplies must be developed to meet the  current and expanding needs of this area. This bulletin is one of a series presenting the results of land and water use studies made by the Department of Water Resources. It contains the results of a land and water use survey conducted in 1961 in Ventura County and the Upper Santa Clara River  Drainage Area in Los Angeles County. This report presents information on  urban and agricultural development in the study area, and the present and projected water requirements for this  cultural development.

 

Keywords

Groundwater Exchange, land use