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Map of water storage and delivery facilities as well as major rivers and cities in the state of California. Central Valley Project systems are in red, and State Water Project in blue. California's interconnected water system serves almost 40 million people and irrigates over 5,680,000 acres (2,300,000 ha) of farmland. [1]
The California Water Plan is the state's official water policy with the latest version completed in 2013; Water in California Summarizes the history and details of the state's water policy issues. California's Irrigation district's 92 public self-governing subdivisions [613] of the State that purchase water from the CVP; Central Valley Ag - CVA
Calls for a comprehensive statewide water management system (complementing the extensive, but primarily irrigation-based Central Valley Project) led to the creation of the California Department of Water Resources in 1956. The following year, the preliminary studies were compiled into the extensive California Water Plan, or Bulletin No. 3.
Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) as well as selected smaller ones. This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California.
The Sites Reservoir was proposed in the 1950s. [2] California had serious droughts in 1977-1978, 2006–2010, and 2011–2017, raising concern about water insecurity. [3] The project is intended to improve reliability of supply during drought conditions.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California reservoirs store fresh water for use in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. These reservoirs were built specifically to preserve water during times of drought, and are in place for emergencies uses such as earthquake, floods or other events.
Basin location [4] Basin size [4] Basin map 180701 Ventura–San Gabriel Coastal water resource basin: The drainage into the Pacific Ocean from the Rincon Creek Basin boundary to and including the San Gabriel River Basin. [5] Ventura County, Los Angeles County: 4,530 sq mi (11,700 km 2) HUC180201: 180702 Santa Ana water resource basin
Westlands Water District serves as the GSA for the Westside Subbasin. [3] The Westside Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (Westside GSP) was officially approved by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) on August 7, 2023. [6] The GSP was submitted by the Westlands Water District, in conforming to requirements of the SGMA.