Named after California Governor Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr., the over 400-mile (640 km) aqueduct is the principal feature of the California State Water Project. The aqueduct begins at the Clifton Court Forebay at the southwestern corner of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.

California Aqueduct, principal water-conveyance structure of the California State Water Project and one of the world’s largest aqueduct systems. It comprises more than 20 pumping stations, five hydroelectric plants, and more than 100 dams and flow-control structures.

Sep 15, 2014 · The California Aqueduct, a critical part of the State Water Project, carries water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.

Dec 20, 2024 · The California Aqueduct in Palmdale on Aug. 15, 2024. The aqueduct is part of the massive State Water Project, which delivers water from Northern California rivers south.

The map below shows reservoir storage and aqueduct flow data for the California State Water Project. All data used for this map comes from the California Data Exchange Center and should be considered preliminary data and subject to change.

The California State Water Project (SWP) supplies water to an almost 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland. It spans more than 705 miles from Northern California to Southern California and includes 36 storage facilities, 21 pumping plants, five hydroelectric power plants, four pumping-generating plants, and approximately 700 ...

The California Aqueduct delivers water to 27 million people throughout the state, supplying water for agriculture as well as municipal uses. The Aqueduct was built by California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

4 days ago · Local officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent ...

Nov 5, 2018 · Beginning around the 1920's, farmers relied upon groundwater for water supply. Over time, overpumping caused groundwater-level declines and associated aquifer-system compaction and land subsidence that resulted in permanent aquifer-system storage loss.

5 days ago · State to allocate more water from Northern California, increasing supplies, denting drought woes The State Water Project, a 700-mile north-south aqueduct, will send billions more gallons to SoCal