Geology and Ground Waters of the Western Part of San Diego County, California Volume 444-446 - Arthur Jackson Ellis, Paperback

• Release Date   9/13/2013
• ISBN-13   9781236831941 | 978-1-236-83194-1
• ISBN   1236831942 | 1-236-83194-2
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Arthur Jackson Ellis
• This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...STBEAI REAR OLOWALU, IAUI. LocArr0N.--About 600 feet above Olowalu Sugar Co.'s power house, 1 mile north of Olowalu. Rscoans A'AILABLE.--A'pl'il 26, 1913, to January 8, 1916, when gage was washed out and station discontinued. GAoz.----Vert.ical staff on right bank. DISCHARGE MEASUR1-3MENTB.--M8£l8 by wading or from footbridge. Cnsrmsn AND CONTROL.--ODG channel at all stages. straight for 100 feet above and below gage. right bank nearly vertical to above high water. left bank low with gentle slope. Control composed of boulders and gravel. shifting. Exrnsuss or o1scnAROE.--Maximum stage recorded during period of record, 2.8 feet at 5.30 p. m., November 2, 1915 (discharge, 200 million gallons per day, or 309 second-feet, stream frequently dry. Drvx-:ns1o.1s.--Water for power house and irrigation diverted Ii miles above gage. partly measured in tailrace called Olowalu ditch. R£cu1..'r1o1z.--Diversion above station. UTlLIZATION.--LOW and medium flow past gage is diverted for irrigation of sugar cane. AccuRAcY.----Gage read twice daily. Results poor. Control shifts greatly and insufiicient measurements were made to develop good rating curves. The following discharge measurement was made by H. A. R. Austin: July 21, 1915: Gage height, 0.44 foot. discharge, 2.4 second-feet. Monthly discharge of Olowalu Stream near Olowalu, Maui, for year ending June.30, 1916. No'rz.--Discharge determined from a poorly defined rating curve. No (low on days for which discharge ls not given. OLOWALU' DITCH REAR. OLOWALU, HAITI. LOCA'l'ION.--IIl flume crossing Olowalu Stream near power house, 1 mile above Olowalu. Flume was washed out January 8, 1916, and new gage was installed April 22. Rzconns AVAILABLE.--Al1gl1St 12,...