California Aqueduct

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aqueduct infrastructure water conveyance system

The California Aqueduct is a major man-made water conveyance system in California that transports water hundreds of miles from the state’s northern regions to its drier central and southern areas.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aqueduct → infrastructure → water conveyance system →
constructionStartDate	1963 →
containsStructure	Banks Pumping Plant → Dos Amigos Pumping Plant → Edmonston Pumping Plant →
country	United States →
crossesFeature	Tehachapi Mountains →
designedFor	interbasin water transfer →
elevationChange	over 2000 feet →
endPoint	Southern California →
environmentalImpact	affects Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta ecosystem →
fundingSource	state revenue bonds →
hasComponent	open canal sections → pipelines → pumping plants → reservoirs → tunnels →
length	approximately 444 miles →
locatedIn	California →
notableReservoirConnection	Castaic Lake → Perris Reservoir → San Luis Reservoir →
openingDate	1970s →
operator	California Department of Water Resources →
owner	State of California →
partOf	California State Water Project → California water infrastructure →
passesThrough	Alameda County NERFINISHED → Contra Costa County NERFINISHED → Fresno County NERFINISHED → Kern County NERFINISHED → Kings County NERFINISHED → Los Angeles County → Riverside County NERFINISHED → San Bernardino County NERFINISHED → San Joaquin County NERFINISHED → Stanislaus County NERFINISHED →
primaryFunction	transportation of freshwater →
relatedProject	Central Valley Project → Colorado River Aqueduct → Los Angeles Aqueduct →
servesRegion	Central Valley → San Francisco Bay Area → San Joaquin Valley → Southern California →
startPoint	Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta →
suppliesCity	Bakersfield → Fresno → Los Angeles → San Jose →
usesWaterSource	Feather River NERFINISHED → Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta →
waterDeliveredTo	agricultural users → industrial users → municipal users →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Castaic Dam → Castaic Dam ("West Branch California Aqueduct") → Edmonston Pumping Plant → Perris Dam → San Luis Reservoir →	waterSource
Edmonston Pumping Plant ("California Aqueduct South System") → Hyatt Powerplant ("California State Water Project aqueduct system") → San Joaquin River ("California Aqueduct (via associated projects and diversions)") → San Luis Unit →	connectedTo
State Water Project → State Water Project ("Coastal Branch Aqueduct") →	hasComponent
Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant →	connectsTo
South Bay Aqueduct →	connectsWith
SWP →	includesComponent
Tracy Pumping Plant →	nearbyInfrastructure
Delta-Mendota Canal →	parallelTo
Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant ("California water conveyance system") →	partOf
Delta-Mendota Canal →	relatedInfrastructure
Burns-Porter Act →	relatedTo
San Joaquin Valley →	servedBy
Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant →	startPointOf