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CA-Waterways-Map.Pdf O R E G O N S rk m o it F h e dl R Mid . Goose Lake S o ut k h r o F C K l O O a m a N t h r Sa e c v r er i a Riv R m d e u A A aterways n o l t o o C c R W M E V A D i v e R i r r t v i e Some of the water you use every day has probably traveled T P r S S r i n i Trinity Lake ty M a d T T R iv er great distances and over high mountain ranges before reaching E UREKA R i v e r Shasta Lake Va n your faucet. This is because water is not always where we need R EDDING Du Clear zen Whiskeytown River Creek Lake Tunnel it. In California, most of the rain and snowfall is in the north. But Lake Antelope E Almanor Lake e l most of the people live in the south. The solution is to distribute S a R c i v r e a r m Corning R k Lake Frenchman e r n o Canal F Davis Lake the water to where it is needed through delivery systems such t o h t r o A R N rk Black i Fo v e e Butte r dl id as the State Water Project (SWP). Lake M Lake k N or F Oroville h t u So G Thermalito New Bullards The SWP delivers water from Lake Oroville in the north to the T Forebay and Bar Reservoir e h Lake Oroville Afterbay F e a a Visitors Center Indian m t h r a a e Valley e iv E R R r a San Francisco Bay area, the San Joaquin Valley, and Southern b u u Y Reservoir - s s i Clear Lake R a C i n o v e l u r S R sa i California. Water from Oroville ÿrst °ows through rivers and v C e C r ach a e C n I r r e a e e k l v i Folsom Lake Lake Tahoe R E other natural channels, then travels through a system of Lake Berryessa a n R eric m A reservoirs, pumping and hydroelectric power plants, pipelines N h Cr a ta eek p Pu R a iv R er R iv ACRAMENTO e S Folsom South Canal r Putah es n South m A u and canals. The SWP is one of many delivery systems built for s o Camanche Reservoir Canal C M er Pardee Reservoir North Bay Aqueduct ok Riv el e u mn New Hogan Lake carrying water from areas where it is collected to areas Contra Mono Lake Costa as ver er R i Canal lav New Melones Reservoir Ca S TOCKTON Hetch Hetchy where it is needed for homes, farmlands, industries, Clifton Court Reservoir Forebay N Mokelumne us Ri ver AN FRANCISCO isla duct Don Pedro Reservoir S Aqueduct an ue N recreation, and the environment. D St Aq el t etchy a h H - etc E M H e Lake Crowley lumne Riv r e Tuo Lake McClure O n w E V A D A d e o r V n t ve s a Ri Lake River ced C r Me South Bay Aqueduct Del Valle a n A a O'Neill Forebay S l a n L San Luis Reservoir o S Madera Canal r an e D n J z o o Santa Clara a q R u i Canal i r v n e e C i v howch ll i r a R Millerton Lake R R aro iver i A aj v P e r Hollister Romero Pine Flat Reservoir Canal Visitors Center C a F RESNO S l if o L M ONTEREY r o S n s Ca a rm l i el i a F R n r a i iv s a e R n r iv er t A C r n - e v K g i e e R l Big S r e u r n s R s A g i Coalinga v C e O q n r i a Canal K n u a Haiwee Reservoir e l A d A u q c u San Antonio e t d S Reservoir u c Coastal Branch t s T Aqueduct Isabella Lake Nacimiento Reservoir R er Riv n A er K Cross Valley S N Canal B AKERSFIELD N S AN LUIS OBISPO G T E M Twitchell I M O J A Reservoir P V E S ant A er a Maria Ri iv ver T E H R H A C D e v Pyramid Lake a j E o M Vista del Lago S S an ta A LEGEND Y Visitors Center ne z Riv er E Lake Cachuma Castaic Lake R Lake Natural Lake / River Lake Casitas River ra R Cla Havasu T a nt Sa California State Water Project (SWP) Silverwood Lake (Reservoir / Aqueduct / Pipeline) I L OS ANGELES r Federal and Local Water Projects e East Branch Extension iv R R IVERSIDE (Reservoir / Aqueduct or Canal / Pipeline) Z r l e e v i t r i c b r C R ve o u a i R l r o d e . G a Lake LLakeake Perris r e v A n a i State / Federal Joint Use . n A d L u R a Mathews o S q a O (Reservoir / Aqueduct) t Diamond A n R a iver Valley Lake S o Feather River Fish Hatchery, Oroville N Skinner Reservoir d a r lo N o C C John E. Skinner Delta Fish Protective oa o ch g e Facility, Byron A e l l A i q a u D C e a n d n State Water Project Visitors Facilities Salton Sea a a u l S c t s Cities San Vicente Reservoir IMPERIAL Sacramento-San Joaquin River W E River ego Di San VALLEY Delta region S AN DIEGO Canal All-American Lower Otay Reservoir M E X I C O S California Department of Water Resources • 1-800-272-8869 • water.ca.gov Printed 2017 .
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