Lithotripsy is the use of high-energy shock waves to fragment and disintegrate kidney stones. The shock wave, created by using a high-voltage spark or an electromagnetic impulse outside of the body, is focused on the stone. The shock wave shatters the stone, allowing the fragments to pass through the urinary system.
The reservoir would partially inundate both Millerton and Kerckhoff reservoirs. Temperance Flat Dam is a proposed dam project on the San Joaquin River west of Auberry, California. The dam's main purpose would be to supplement storage capacity in the upper San Joaquin River basin.
Rancho Mirage is a resort city in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 17,218 at the 2010 census, up from 13,249 at the 2000 census, but the seasonal (part-time) population can exceed 20,000.