SWP

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infrastructure project state government program water conveyance system water supply project

SWP is the commonly used acronym for California’s State Water Project, a massive water storage and delivery system supplying water to millions of residents and vast agricultural areas.

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infrastructure project → state government program → water conveyance system → water supply project →
acronymFor	State Water Project →
alsoKnownAs	State Water Project →
approvalMethod	statewide bond measure →
approvedBy	California voters →
constructionBegan	1960 →
country	United States →
deliversWaterThrough	aqueducts → canals → pumping plants → reservoirs →
energyUse	large electricity consumption for pumping →
environmentalIssue	fish habitat concerns → impacts on Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta ecosystem →
fullName	California State Water Project →
fundingType	revenue bonds →
governingLaw	Burns-Porter Act →
includesComponent	California Aqueduct → Castaic Dam → Coastal Branch of the California Aqueduct → Edmonston Pumping Plant → Lake Oroville → Oroville Dam → Perris Dam → Pyramid Dam → San Luis Reservoir (jointly with federal Central Valley Project) →
lengthOfMainAqueduct	approximately 700 miles →
majorDamCompleted	Oroville Dam completed in 1968 →
managedBy	California Department of Water Resources →
operator	California Department of Water Resources →
primaryContractors	agricultural water districts → urban water agencies →
purpose	environmental protection → flood control → hydroelectric power generation → recreation → water supply →
region	Central California → Northern California → Southern California →
relatedProject	Central Valley Project →
servesPopulation	millions of California residents →
sourceRegion	Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta →
sourceRiver	Feather River →
state	California →
suppliesWaterTo	Central Valley → San Francisco Bay Area → Southern California → agricultural areas in California → urban areas in California →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
State Water Project →	abbreviation