California Aqueduct
The California Aqueduct , officially known as Governor Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct , is an irrigation system and combination of several water supply structures in the US state of California . It is part of the California State Water Project and consists of a combination of canals, tunnels and pipelines , as well as several pumping stations . The goal is to divert water from the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Northern California to the drier area of Southern California . The California Aqueduct is operated by the Department of Water Resources (DWR). Work on this began in 1963 and the last section, Coastal Branch , the end of the line is divided into several distribution sections , was completed in 1997.
The canal system begins at the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and ends after 1,129 km in Southern California in the following three end branches:
- West Branch : Castaic Lake , 34 ° 35 ′ 14.6 " N , 118 ° 39 ′ 24.8" W.
- East Branch : Silverwood Lake , 34 ° 18 ′ 12.4 " N , 117 ° 19 ′ 11.7" W.
- Coastal Branch : Lake Cachuma , 34 ° 35 ′ 12.0 ″ N , 119 ° 58 ′ 51.5 ″ W.
The California Aqueduct Bikeway was the longest paved bike path in California in the 1970s at 172 km. It was designed as part of the canal system and led from Quail Lake to Silverwood Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains . It was closed in 1988 for security reasons and unresolved liability issues.
Individual evidence
- ^ DWR Public Affairs Office: State Water Project Today . Department of Water Resources, State of California. 2005. Archived from the original on June 10, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
- ^ US Geological Survey: Feature Detail Report: Governor Edmund G Brown California Aqueduct . In: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) . US Department of the Interior. January 19, 1981. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
- ^ Ellensburg Daily Record - January 11, 1973. Accessed August 26, 2013 .
