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California Water Supply Infrastructure
Natural: rivers, snowpack, aquifers Aqueducts, canals, pipelines, pumping plants Surface storage (dams, reservoirs) Groundwater extraction and recharge Urban: treatment, storm water capture, desalination
California Aqueduct (DWR)
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2 . http://www.california-map.org
Geographical Features
Sacramento River Valley
San Joaquin River Valley
Tulare Basin
Kern County
Imperial County
Los Angeles area
Delta
San Francisco area
Coastal Range
Colorado River
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Water Accounting in California Average Usage Agriculture: 33 MAF Urban: 9 MAF Some sources of supply State Water Project: 3 MAF Federal Water Project: 8 MAF Colorado River: 5 MAF Ground water: 15 MAF Other from local projects and reuse
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Water Supply Example: Irvine Ranch Water District
380,000 residents
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Local streams
Recycling (non-potable)
Imported by MWD
Local groundwater pumping (OCWD)
Remote groundwater banking
Desalination (future)
Water Sources for IRWD
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Role of Infrastructure in Water Transfers
river or aqueduct
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Major California Water Projects
Federal, State and local
(California Water Plan: Update 2013)
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Red Bluff Diversion Dam (Red Bluff Daily News)
Shasta Dam and lake (Anthony Dunn)
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Sacramento River (placesonline.com)
Oroville Dam and lake (California DWR)
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Delta scene (DWR)
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Lower left: Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant (baydeltalive.com)
Lower right: Federal and State Aqueducts (Wikipedia)
Left: Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta (Wikipedia)
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Friant Dam and Millerton lake (USBR)
San Joaquin River (www.alamy.com) San Luis Reservoir (California DWR)
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Castaic Dam And Lake (California DWR)
Edmonston Pumping Plant (mavens- photoblog.com)
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Los Angeles Aqueduct (mohavedual- sport.com) above (LADWP) right
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Lake Havasu Pumping Plant for CRA (Charles O’Rear) Colorado River Aqueduct (media.treehugger.com)
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All American Canal Diversion Dam (USBR) All American Canal (Brent Stirton)
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California Reservoirs • More than 1000 • Total capacity: 40+ MAF • Top 12: 20+ MAF
(Wikipedia)
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Ground Water Banks
(www.semitropic.com)
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
MAF
Calendar year
Colorado River Aqueduct
AvailableDiverted
(Data: USBR)
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
MAF
Calendar year
State Aqueduct
AvailableDelivered
(Data: DWR)
Annual Water Imports by Metropolitan Water District
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Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
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(http://www.ppic.org/main/ publication.asp?i=671)
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22 (California DWR)
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Delta Elevation Map
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(http://www.water.ca.gov/ floodmgmt/dsmo/sab/drmsp/ docs/Risk_Report_Section_5_ Final.pdf)
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Proposed Tunnel Underneath the Delta
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(http://www.baydeltaconservationplan.com)