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Thursday, 13 November 2008

SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA

 

 

New storage and conveyance will help provide water for Delta ecosystems and improved water supply reliability for the state’s farms, homes and businesses.

 

 

Water delivered from the State Water Project originates at Lake Oroville and flows to the Sacramento River and then through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta before traveling southward via the California Aqueduct.  This flow has been restricted following a federal

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judge’s 2007 ruling that operation of the Delta pumps endangers a 2-inch fish on the threatened list of the Endangered Species Act.  According to the following graph, a portion of the water that flows through the Delta and to the Pacific Ocean in wet years can be captured and used to balance water shortages in dry years.

 

 

 

   

A State-sponsored study is nearing completion that will result in a recommendation to Gov. Schwarzenegger regarding, among other items, how best to continue the conveyance of water through the Delta. 

 

Learn more about the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta

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Farmers, cities negotiate Calif. water swap  

Competing farm, city districts try to strike water deal

Coalition viewpoint...This exchange helps reduce the potential of Westlands farmers from losing a share of next year's water supply that could flow to the ocean instead of farms.  It provides Metropolitan with water they can use now and possibly reduce the likelihood of more severe shortages next year.  This is an excellent example of the water user community working together to bring some flexibility back into the system that has been hobbled by questionable environmental restrictions in recent years.

 
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