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Ke D IN residents with water 19 E 82 D I N 1982 19.5 Bakersfield Million supplies every day to run their homes, 1.5 inch1 inch Buena Vista KERN farms and businesses Lake

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square miles served OSO PUMPING PLANT ALAMO POWER PLANT 15 QUAIL LAKE by public water WARNE POWER PLANT Lancaster 5 PYRAMID LAKE Palmdale 5,200 VENTURA PEARBLOSSOM Victorville agencies from PUMPING PLANT CASTAIC POWER PLANT CASTAIC LAKE ELDERBERRY FOREBAY SAN BERNARDINO Ventura to San Diego Santa Clarita MOJAVE SIPHON LOS ANGELES POWER PLANT SILVERWOOD LAKE DEVIL CANYON Oxnard San Bernardino of high-quality clean Glendale Fontana POWER PLANT drinking water in an Los Angeles 10 1.2 average year Riverside Palm Springs Million AF Anaheim N Long Beach LAKE PERRIS O R A N G E Santa Ana RIVERSIDE

P A 15 C 5 I F The SWP helps fuel Southern California’s economy, I Oceanside Southern California wouldn’t be the same without the C enabling the region’s thriving entertainment O Escondido C State Water Project, or SWP, a foundational network SCALE E and tourism industries. 0 10 Miles A SAN DIEGO woven into the fabric of the community. N El Cajon 8 San Diego THE SWP SUPPORTS California Aqueduct Serving THE SWP PROVIDES Southern California" Chula Vista entertainment Pumping Plant industry jobs, which Reservoir 418,000 account for 80% of all entertainment industry employment in California

travel industry jobs in Southern California Southern California Counties that 537,000 annually Depend on Water from the SWP

Los Angeles County San Bernardino County annually in regional Orange County San Diego County entertainment and $111 tourism economic Riverside County Ventura County Billion activity

*Los Angeles Economic Development Corp. (2017) *Visit California, CA Travel Impacts 2000-2017 The SWP is California’s most critical infrastructure and must be maintained for future generations. Despite the system’s CONSISTENTLY BRINGING significance, it has become easy to forget the momentous work being done behind CLEAN WATER HOME TO YOU the scenes every day to keep Southern California’s taps on. Just like we should not take our interstate highway, railway, or telecommunication systems for granted, we must not take for granted the important management and operations taking place to make the SWP possible for all Californians.

THE STATE WATER PROJECT IS AN IRREPLACEABLE SOURCE OF AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY WATER

One Acre-Foot is equivalent to 326,000 gallons, enough Without the SWP, Southern California would need to water to supply 1-2 households for an entire year. replace 1.2 MAF of water annually to meet demand. That’s equivalent to 24 of the hemisphere’s largest 37 Million Acre Feet (MAF) of SWP supplies have been delivered to the Southern California region since 1972, enough water to fill desalination facilities. Lake Shasta, California’s largest reservoir, more than eight times. *Carlsbad Desalination Facility produces 50,000 AFY at planned capacity

THE STATE WATER PROJECT SYSTEM

An Irreplaceable Source of Southland Water Protects Southern California’s Most Precious Southern California is working hard to increase water Resource from the Impacts of Climate Change conservation and more local sources of water supplies and Climate change is presenting California with tough the SWP helps facilitate that process. Not only does the challenges—extended periods of drought and fierce, SWP protect the region against reduced supplies from the unpredictable rainfall—but the SWP is tougher. Imported Colorado River, it also improves water quality and ensures water provides Southern California with the reserves it the Southland is more resilient to the impacts of climate needs to get through extended periods of drought. change both now and well into the future.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S WATER SUPPLIES (2040) RESERVE WATER SUPPLIES

SWP Colorado River SWP Local Supply 20% 32% 25% 75%

Colorado River 15% Conservation & Recyclling 33%

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