Bulletin 132-90 Management of the California State Water Project
Department of Water Resources Bulletin 132-90 Management of the California State Water Project September 1990 Gordon K. Van Vleck George Deukmejian David N. Kennedy Secretary for Resources Governor Director The Resources State of Department of Agency California Water Resources Chapter I Overview of the California State Water Project Bulletin 132-90 is the 28th edition of Manage- Lake Oroville, San Luis Dam (now called B. F. ment of the California State Water Project. This Sisk San Luis Dam) and San Luis Reservoir, the report has provided a history of State Water Proj- South Bay Aqueduct, the North Bay Aqueduct, ect water contract administration activities, water and the California Aqueduct. The first SWP water and power operations, financing, and management deliveries were made in 1962, just two years after plans. Appendix B, which is bound within each construction began. Figure 1 shows existing and bulletin, documents Project costs and other infor- proposed SWP facilities, with Project statistics. mation to support the annual Statements of Charges to long-term water supply contractors. DWR and The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California signed the first water supply As in past bulletins, each chapter of Bulletin contract in 1960, and today 30 agencies have 132-90 updates a different aspect of SWP activi- long-term water supply contracts with DWR. The ties. Chapter I opens the report with a review of service areas of these long-term water supply the development of the State Water Project, contractors vary widely in size, location, climate, discusses in detail a particular aspect of SWP and population (Figure 2).
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