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The Great Central Valley Project by Stephen Johnson, Robert Dawson and author Gerald Haslam; The Southern Pacific railroad, currently known as BNSF Railway was the Central Valley's largest owner and played a major role in its evolution, from the Mussel Slough Tragedy, the California Development Company's Salton Sea, its land grabs [615]
The Central Valley, where a large portion of the California Aqueduct runs through, has been affected by the pumping of groundwater and subsequent land subsidence. [25] Farmers in and near the Central Valley have become reliant on groundwater especially with recent droughts impacting the amount of readily accessible surface water. [ 20 ]
In 1933, the state authorized the sale of bonds to fund the Central Valley Project, whose main component was to be Shasta Dam. [6] [10] Unable to raise the necessary money, California turned to the federal government for help. [17] In 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt authorized the Central Valley Project as part of the New Deal.
The Foresthill Bridge was constructed as part of a road diversion in response to the Auburn Dam. [1] The American River near Auburn, California. The Auburn-Folsom South Unit is a project associated with the Central Valley Project in California and is one of three units located on the American River in Northern California, the United States Bureau of Reclamation is in charge of the Central ...
The Central Valley Project, one of the largest irrigation projects in the world, was constructed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation beginning in 1935. [72] [76] Ultimately, the system would distribute 7 million acre-feet (8.6 km 3) to irrigate 3 million acres (1.2 million ha) of land in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. Construction of ...
Before the dam could be built, the Auburn-Foresthill Road – which crosses the river just upstream of the dam site – had to be relocated. Even before the project was authorized, contracts were let for the construction of a high bridge to carry the road over the proposed reservoir, as well as preliminary excavations at the dam site. [3]
“She’s no Dianne Feinstein,” said one Central Valley farming water leader. Central Valley farmers like Donald Trump on water. On California’s Kamala Harris, less so
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]