State Water Project

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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 State Water Project
surface form: California State Water Project
authorizationInstrument Burns-Porter Act
authorizedBy California State Legislature
surface form: California Legislature

California voters
climaticChallenge California droughts
constructionBegan 1960
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endpointRegion Southern California
surface form: 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
California Aqueduct
surface form: 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
Castaic Dam
surface form: Pyramid Dam

San Luis Reservoir
surface form: San Luis Dam

San Luis Reservoir
South Bay Aqueduct
Cajon Pass
surface form: Tehachapi Crossing
lengthApproximate more than 700 miles of canals and pipelines
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California
mainSourceRegion Northern California
operatedBy California Department of Water Resources
owner California, United States
surface form: 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 River Delta
surface form: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

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Coastal Branch of the California Aqueduct partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Coastal Branch of the California Aqueduct isComponentOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: State Water Project conveyance system
Pyramid Dam partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
A. A. Edmonston influenced State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
A. A. Edmonston partOf State Water Project
subject surface form: Edmonston Pumping Plant
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Clifton Court Forebay area partOf State Water Project
Dos Amigos Pumping Plant partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Dos Amigos Pumping Plant system State Water Project
Castaic Lake partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Los Banos Creek Reservoir (nearby associated facility) partOf State Water Project
subject surface form: Los Banos Creek Reservoir
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Barker Slough Pumping Plant partOf State Water Project
San Luis Dam partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
San Luis Dam waterProject State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Del Valle Branch partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Patterson Pass Tunnel partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Patterson Pass Tunnel system State Water Project
Patterson Pass Tunnel waterProject State Water Project
South Bay Pumping Plant partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
South Bay Pumping Plant waterSource State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
South Bay Pumping Plant partOfSystem State Water Project
this entity surface form: California water conveyance system
Bethany Reservoir partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Patterson Reservoir partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Patterson Reservoir waterSystem State Water Project
O’Neill Forebay partOfProject State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Lake Del Valle partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Cordelia Forebay partOf State Water Project
Gianelli Pumping–Generating Plant isComponentOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
San Luis Canal partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
San Luis Canal waterSourceProject State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Pyramid Lake partOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and Suisun Marsh isMajorComponentOf State Water Project
this entity surface form: California State Water Project