183 / 89 was passed authorizing The Po Basin Water Board ( Autorità di bacino del fiume Po ), which would direct operations concerning all the water resources in the Po basin ( see under Po Valley ).

The California State Water Project and Central Valley Project both began their rise to reality during this period.

Folsom Dam, Oroville Dam and New Bullards Bar Dam, built in the 1950s and ' 60s for both the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, are among the most important.

By late 2003, the state of California and the Santa Clara Valley Water District had confirmed a groundwater plume currently extending over nine miles through residential and agricultural communities.

The Regional Water Quality Control Board and the Santa Clara Valley Water District have engaged in a major outreach effort that has received extensive press and community response.

Attractions include the Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Claire, Dells Mill Museum in Augusta, Dells Mill Water Powered Museum in Augusta, the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp in Eau Claire, and the Sarge Boyd Bandshell in Eau Claire.

* Water Valley

Its county seats are Water Valley and Coffeeville.

The same year, G. B. Ragsdale, one of the early settlers in the northeastern part of the county, established a stagecoach stand near what is now Water Valley.

Three years later, the post office and stagecoach stand were moved to land owned by William Carr, and the name was changed to Water Valley.

The Illinois Central Railroad built a branch line from Jackson, Tennessee to Grenada, passing through Water Valley and Coffeeville, in the late 1850s.

Residents of the fledging town of Water Valley offered to donate the needed land to the railroad ; therefore, the shops were located there, and Water Valley quickly became the largest town in the county.

Water Valley had become a thriving community with two hotels and several churches.

The first church in Water Valley was the Presbyterian Church, built in 1843.

Two years later, the First Methodist Church was organized, followed in 1860 by the First Baptist Church of Water Valley.

With the completion of the railroad from New Orleans to the Ohio River, Water Valley was an important railroad community on the Mississippi Central railroad at the outset of the Civil War.

In 1862, during Union General Ulysses S. Grant's overland attempt to capture Vicksburg, the men in blue captured Water Valley, but were defeated in battle by the Confederates north of Coffeeville, and Grant was forced to withdraw.

After the war, the ICRR railroad shops were built at Water Valley, bringing a large influx of new residents to the town.

In March, 1873, Yalobusha County was divided into two judicial districts, and Water Valley was named the county seat of the second judicial district.

Famed railroad engineer J. L. " Casey " Jones moved from Jackson, Tennessee to Water Valley in 1893.

* Prairie Valley ISD

Local schools such as John's Branch, Lone Oak, Elm Grove, Lois, Burns City and Mountain Springs became part of the Valley View ISD.

The school is the product of a collaboration between the state ( Minnesota Zoo ), the community ( City of Apple Valley ) and a public school district ( ISD 196 ).