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At the heart of California’s water system is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It's a natural feature of California’s hydrology, where the state’s two mighty rivers join and find their way to sea.
There are six main systems of aqueducts and infrastructure that redistribute and transport water in California: the State Water Project, the Central Valley Project, several Colorado River delivery systems, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the Tuolumne River/Hetch Hetchy system, and the Mokelumne Aqueduct.
The Delta. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is the heart of California’s water system, supplying fresh water to 2/3 of the state’s population and millions of acres of farmland. Drought is a reoccurring feature of California’s climate.
The Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), accessible through DDW’s Drinking Water Watch (DWW) website, provides specific information about California’s public water systems. You can search for your public water system by name or public water system number (see Step 1 above).
California has two gigantic water development systems: the California State Water Project and the Federal Central Valley Project. Both use multiple dammed reservoirs to capture and store water, which is then redistributed via rivers and canals, generally from Northern California sources to San Joaquin Valley farms and southern California cities.
The California State Water Project (SWP) is a multi-purpose water storage and delivery system that extends more than 705 miles -- two-thirds the length of California. A collection of canals, pipelines, reservoirs, and hydroelectric power facilities delivers clean water to 27 million Californians, 750,000 acres of farmland, and businesses ...
Jan 23, 2022 · While Most Californians (95%) get their water from 475 systems that are large (30%) or very large (65%), most (84%, 2,420) of California’s CWS serve less than 10,000 people.
