State Water Project

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infrastructure project water supply system water transfer project

The State Water Project is a massive California water storage and delivery system that transports water from northern sources to agricultural, urban, and industrial users across the state, including the Central Valley.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infrastructure project → water supply system → water transfer project →
abbreviation	SWP →
alsoKnownAs	California State Water Project →
authorizationInstrument	Burns-Porter Act →
authorizedBy	California Legislature → California voters →
climaticChallenge	California droughts →
constructionBegan	1960 →
country	United States →
endpointRegion	Southern California coastal plain →
environmentalConstraint	Delta export regulations →
fundedBy	general obligation bonds → water contractor payments →
governedBy	long-term water supply contracts →
hasComponent	California Aqueduct → Castaic Dam → Coastal Branch Aqueduct → Devil Canyon Powerplant → Edmonston Pumping Plant → Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant → Hyatt Powerplant → Lake Oroville → North Bay Aqueduct → Oroville Dam → Perris Dam → Pyramid Dam → San Luis Dam → San Luis Reservoir → South Bay Aqueduct → Tehachapi Crossing →
lengthApproximate	more than 700 miles of canals and pipelines →
locatedIn	California →
mainSourceRegion	Northern California →
operatedBy	California Department of Water Resources →
owner	State of California →
providesIrrigationWaterTo	Central Valley farms →
purpose	agricultural water supply → environmental protection → flood control → hydroelectric power generation → industrial water supply → municipal water supply → recreation → water conveyance → water storage →
regionServed	Inland Empire → Los Angeles Basin → San Joaquin Valley →
regulates	Feather River flows →
relatedTo	Central Valley Project →
servesUsers	agricultural users → industrial users → urban users →
servicePopulationApproximate	more than 25 million people →
transportsWaterTo	Central Coast → Central Valley → San Francisco Bay Area → Southern California →
waterSource	Feather River → Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
California Aqueduct ("California State Water Project") → Castaic Dam ("California State Water Project") → Castaic Dam ("State Water Project power system") → Devil Canyon Powerplant ("California State Water Project") → Devil Canyon Powerplant ("State Water Project power and conveyance system") → Edmonston Pumping Plant ("California State Water Project") → Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant ("California State Water Project") → Hyatt Powerplant ("California State Water Project") → Lake Oroville ("California State Water Project") → North Bay Aqueduct ("California State Water Project") → North Bay Aqueduct ("State Water Project North Bay service area") → Oroville Dam ("California State Water Project") → Perris Dam ("California State Water Project") → Sacramento River ("California State Water Project supply system") → San Luis Reservoir ("California State Water Project") → South Bay Aqueduct ("California State Water Project") →	partOf
Bay-Delta Conservation Plan ("California State Water Project") → Burns-Porter Act ("California State Water Project") → Central Valley Project → Tracy Pumping Plant ("State Water Project Banks Pumping Plant") →	relatedTo
SWP → State Water Project ("California State Water Project") →	alsoKnownAs
SWP →	acronymFor
San Luis Unit →	associatedWith
South Bay Aqueduct ("California State Water Project infrastructure") →	category
Burns-Porter Act ("California State Water Project") →	establishes
SWP ("California State Water Project") →	fullName
Central California ("State Water Project canals") →	hasFeature
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ("California State Water Project") →	isPartOf
South Bay Aqueduct →	isPartOfWaterProject
California Department of Water Resources ("California State Water Project") →	manages
Hyatt Powerplant ("State Water Project power system") →	partOfSystem
Oroville Dam ("State Water Project aqueduct system") →	providesWaterTo
Devil Canyon Powerplant ("California State Water Project aqueduct system") →	watercourse
Central Valley →	waterInfrastructure