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ByGaranceBurke The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Waterhas flowed from Northern Cali- fornia's snow-capped peaks to the south's parched cities ever since the California Aq- ueduct was built in the 1960s. Now, amid one of the worst droughts in history, state of- ficials are considering an au- dacious plan to send some of the water back uphill. State water engineers say using pumps to reverse the flow of the aqueduct would be a first in a drought. It would also be a complex en- gineering challenge that could cost millions of dollars, Still, water agencies in the desperately dry farm- lands around Bakersfield say the investment is worth it to keep grapevines, pis- tachios and pomegranate trees alive. Agencies as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area are talking about a similar project. "There is no place on planet Earth where an aque- duct is designed to go back- wards," said Geoff Shaw, an engineer with the state Department of Water Re- sources who is reviewing the proposal. "But they have a need for water in a place where they can't fulfill it, and this is their plan to fix it." The plan the department is evaluating was drawn up by five of the local agencies, or districts, that sell irriga- tion water to farmers. They would bear the cost of the project, which they have esti- mated at $1.5 million to $9.5 million. They hope to get approval from the state in June and start pushing the water up- hill later in the summer. Long celebrated as an en- gineering marvel, the Cal- ifornia Aqueduct is a 420- mile system of open canals and massive pipelines that serves millions of Califor- nians, including those in the state's biggest population centers: the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles and San Diego. Under the plan, water districts would be allowed to pump into the aqueduct emergency water that they store in underground reser- voirs in Kern County, about two hours north of Los An- geles. That banked water and other extra supplies would raise the level of water within a small, closed section of the aqueduct. Then, pumps powered by diesel engines would push the water over locks and back upstream, against the southward pull of gravity. Farmers upstream could then use the water to irri- gate their fields. All together, the districts want to move 30,000 acre- feet of water along a 33-mile stretch between Bakersfield and Kettleman City. An acre- foot is enough water to cover an acre to a depth of one foot. Even if water is pumped upstream, some will still flow south, so no customers downstream will be harmed, state officials said. The water districts came up with the idea after a bleak February forecast showed the Sierra Nevada snowpack was so thin that those who depend on the state system would get no water delivered this year. A rash of spring storms improved the picture, but only slightly. Districts will now receive 5 percent of the water they would get in a normal year, and the sup- ply won't arrive until Sep- tember. "Our crops need some amount of water just to keep alive," said Dale Mel- ville, manager-engineer of the Fresno-based Dudley Ridge Water District, one of the agencies proposing the project. The flow has been re- versed only once before — in 1983, when heavy rains forced state officials to op- erate emergency pumps to send floodwaters northward, Shaw said. Water agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area want to take part in a similar project that would push water along a 70-mile stretch. "This is a year where you really have to look at every single possible way to move water around to where it's needed," said Joan Maher, operations manager for the Santa Clara Valley Water District. As the project awaits final approval, water districts are already ordering pumps and making arrangements to get diesel engines. Nearly half the water Dudley Ridge hopes to re- ceive would irrigate the or- chards of Paramount Farms, owned by Los Angeles bil- lionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, who produce POM Wonderful pomegranate juice and Wonderful pista- chios. If it doesn't rain much next winter, the districts might seek to continue pumping the water back- ward in years to come, Mel- ville said. "Ideally we would hope it's a one-time thing," he said, "but it would be worthwhile to have this as an insurance policy." DROUGHT Water flows uphill? Maybe in California State mulls sending water back to parched NorCal LEGALNOTICE SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:KARLEY FRANCES DORMAN; JOHN ADRIAN SANFORD; ROBERT LEE WILKERSON; and DOES 1throught 50, inclusive (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAIN- TIFF: AUTUMN SHELNUTT; and LARISA BROWN (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): NOTICE! 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Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifor- nia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (ww w.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/esp anol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso) 68659 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es ) Tehama County i hi ) y Superior Court, 633 Washington Street, Room 21, P.O. Box 310 Red Bluff, CA 96080. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff¹s attorney, or plain- tiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) Todd E. Slaughter, Bar#87753 530-241-1905 530-241-0622 - Facsimile P.O. Box 494940 Redding, CA 96049-4940 DATE: Oct 21, 2013 (Fecha) Gina Setter CLERK OF THE COURT Clerk, by Arminda Searcy, Depu- ty ( S e c r e t a r i o ) (Adjunto) Publish: April 30, May 7, 14 & 21, 2014 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PROPOSED TITLE III PROJECTS Notice is hereby given that the following projects have been proposed to the Tehama County Board of Supervisors for 2013 funding in the amount of $60,744.13 under Title III of the Secure Rural Schools and Com- munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (HR 2398), which was amended and reauthorized on October 2 , 2013. , 1) Community Fire Preven- tion Project - $54,670 for two County Fire Prevention/Education Officer positions in the Tehama County Fire Department assigned to maintain established programs as well as maintain and develop new community fire prevention educational and inspection pro- grams. 2) Search & Rescue Project - $6,074.13 to be used for the ac- quisition of Map Plotter printers and supplies for the Search and Rescue Building and support ve- hicles. Public comments on the pro- posed projects are invited at or prior to the May 20, 2014, regular Board meeting scheduled to commence at 10 am in the Board of Supervisors Chambers at 727 Oak Street, Red Bluff. Written comments may be submitted to the Clerk of the Board of Super- visors, County Courthouse, Room 12, 633 Washington Street P. O. Box 250, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Beverly Ross Clerk of the Board of Supervi- sors of the County of Tehama Publish: May 7, 2014 Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices WEDNESDAY,MAY7,2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 5 B