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Hetch Hetchy Bill Secures San Francisco Water Supply
A historic fight over the Hetch Hetchy bill protected San Francisco’s public water needs against private monopolies. Gifford Pinchot led conservationists, with broad support from government and local interests, to authorize a dam and water rights benefiting millions while limiting private power grips.
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Hetch Hetchy
San Francisco
Congress
Spring Valley Water Company
Water Power Trust
San Francisco Bay
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Mr. Pinchot
Bay Cities
San Joaquin Valley
Bay
United States
Congress of the United
U. S
Board of
Army Engineers
Franklin K. Lane
David F. Houston
State of California
Conserva
Tion
California
Sierra Club of California
Turlock Irrigation District
Modesto
Public Lands Committee
United States House of Representatives
Senate
Denver
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Park
National Conservation Association
Alaska
Montana
Idaho
Pinchot Beause