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The Mokelumne Aqueduct Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/18/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The Given Coords are for a good parking spot close to the cache. From here you have a great view of the Mokelumne Aqueduct. Out here in the Delta, the aqueduct is above ground. Once it leaves the Delta, it goes back underground. East Bay Geocachers certainly have found a cache near the aqueduct before. 

The Mokelumne Aqueduct (which is fun to say but hard to spell) helps supply water to the Bay Area. It was created almost a hundred years ago to satisfy increasing water demands by East Bay residents. Operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), the aqueduct moves Mokelumne River water stored in the Pardee and Comanche Reservoirs, located in the the Sierra Foothills across the Central Valley, through the Delta and up to the East Bay Hills where the water is stored in various other reservoirs before being distributes to thirsty East Bay residents. A quick wiki search will get you the Final Coords

A) The Aqueduct is 15A kilometers long
B) Construction on the First Section began in 192B 
C) The First Section opened in 19C9

D) The First Section is D1 inches in diameter
E) EBMUD can withdraw up to 364,E00 acre feet per year from the Mokelumne River
F) The Third Section is F7 inches in diameter

Checksum A+B+C+D+E+F=25

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)