Where Does Your Water Come From?

The Tuolumne River: Our Water Source

The Tuolumne RiverThe Tuolumne River

From Yosemite to San From Yosemite to San Francisco BayFrancisco Bay

Foothill Yellow-legged frog

Mt. Lyell Salamander

Photo courtesy of NRCS

TuolumneTuolumne

San JoaquinSan Joaquin

To the Delta and BayTo the Delta and Bay

Copyright by Anthony Dunn www.adunnphotography.com

Source: SF PUC

PUC Water: 85% from the Tuolumne, 15% from local sources

60% of the Tuolumne is 60% of the Tuolumne is Diverted for Agricultural and Diverted for Agricultural and

Urban UsesUrban Uses

What can you do to conserve water

and help protect the Tuolumne River?

Campbell Union School District Conserves Water

They installed water-efficient irrigation systems for landscaping that save 35 million gallon of water and $108,000 every year.

In 2010 they won a Silicon Valley Water Conservation Award.

"Man did not weave the web of life - he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the

web, he does to himself.” -Chief Seattle