Tracy Pumping Plant

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Tracy Pumping Plant is a major water pumping facility in California that lifts and conveys water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta into the Central Valley Project’s distribution system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Valley Project facility
water infrastructure facility
water pumping plant
connectedTo Delta–Mendota Canal
constructionStartDate late 1940s
country United States
dischargesInto Delta–Mendota Canal
drawsWaterFrom Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
elevationLift approximately 200 feet
environmentalConcern impacts on Delta fish species
governedBy federal water project regulations
hasAlternativeName Tracy Pumping Plant of the Delta Division
hasComponent discharge channel
fish salvage facility
fish screening facility
intake channel
pumping units
inServiceSince early 1950s
locatedIn California
Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta region
San Joaquin County, California NERFINISHED
locatedNear City of Tracy, California
locatedOn Delta–Mendota Canal intake
managedBy United States Bureau of Reclamation
nearbyInfrastructure California Aqueduct
operator United States Bureau of Reclamation
ownedBy United States government
partOf Central Valley Project
Delta Division of the Central Valley Project
purpose export of Delta water to Central Valley Project contractors
irrigation water delivery
municipal and industrial water delivery
water supply
regulates Central Valley Project Delta exports
relatedTo State Water Project Banks Pumping Plant
servesRegion Central Valley
San Joaquin Valley
subjectOf Central Valley Project operations criteria and plans
fish protection and salvage studies
supportsUse agricultural irrigation
industrial water supply
municipal water supply
waterConveyanceRole lifts Delta water into Delta–Mendota Canal for southward delivery
waterSourceType surface water

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tracy Pumping Plant ("Tracy Pumping Plant of the Delta Division")
hasAlternativeName
Central Valley Project
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