Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant

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The Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant is a major water pumping facility in California that serves as a key intake and distribution hub for the State Water Project.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf State Water Project facility
infrastructure facility
water pumping plant
connectsTo California Aqueduct
country United States
distanceTo beginning of California Aqueduct
hasEnvironmentalImpact affects Delta fish populations
hasFunction distributing water to central and southern California
lifting water into the California Aqueduct
pumping water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
serving as main intake for the State Water Project
hasPart electrical substation
fish protection facilities
intake channels
large-capacity pumping units
hasRole primary export facility for Delta water in State Water Project
hasStatus operational
inception 1960s
isCriticalInfrastructureFor California water supply reliability
isKeyNodeIn California statewide water distribution network
isSubjectOf environmental regulation and litigation regarding Delta exports
locatedIn California
Central Valley
Clifton Court Forebay area
Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta region
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Contra Costa County NERFINISHED
locatedNear Byron, California
namedAfter Harvey O. Banks NERFINISHED
namedForOccupation Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources
operator California Department of Water Resources
ownedBy State of California
partOf California State Water Project
California water conveyance system
purpose agricultural irrigation supply
industrial water supply
urban water supply
regulatingAuthority California State Water Resources Control Board
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
servesRegion Central Valley
San Joaquin Valley
Southern California
startPointOf California Aqueduct
transportMedium freshwater
usesEnergySource electric power
waterSource Clifton Court Forebay
Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
California Aqueduct ("Banks Pumping Plant")
containsStructure
State Water Project
hasComponent

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