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The California State Water Project, commonly known as the SWP, is a state water management project in the U.S. state of California under the supervision of the California Department of Water Resources. The SWP is one of the largest public water and power utilities in the world, providing drinking water for more than 27 million people and ...
The California Department of Water Resources said it expects to provide 30% of requested supplies from the State Water Project, a massive network of reservoirs, canals and dams that supplies 29 ...
The Sites Reservoir is a proposed offstream reservoir project west of Colusa in the Sacramento Valley of northern California, to be built and operated by the Sites Project Authority. The project would divert water from the Sacramento River upstream of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, through existing canals to a new reservoir 14 miles ...
California water agencies serving 27 million people will get 10% of the water they requested from state supplies to start 2024 due to a relatively dry fall, even though the state's reservoirs are ...
The State Water Project is a storage and delivery system that spans 705 miles — or about two-thirds the length of California — and provides water to 27 million residents and 750,000 acres of ...
The California Water Plan (Water Plan) is the State of California’s long-term strategic plan for managing and developing water resources throughout the state. The Water Plan is mandated by California Water Code Sections 10004–10013, [1] and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is required to update the plan every five years. [2]
The California State Water Project is the largest multipurpose, state-built water project in the United States. [49] The SWP transports water from the Feather River watershed to agriculture, and some of the water goes to industrial and urban users. More than two-thirds of Californians receive some water from the SWP.
In one of the latest court cases, four environmental groups and the Central Delta Water Agency are seeking to challenge the state’s reliance on decades-old water rights permits for the project ...