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THE STATE WATER PROJECT
You thought the CVP was large
State Owned and Controlled
No Bureau requirementsHalf a million newcomers per yearWest side of San Joaquin Valley needs water
Some Farms224,000 Kern Land90,000 Standard Oil25,000 Buena Vista25,000 Belridge Oil23,000 Tidewater Oil17,000 General Petroleum
15,000 Shell Oil
14,000 Occidental12,000 Richfield Oil11,000 Southern Pacific15,000 Southern Pacific Land10,000 Allison Honer Co39,000 Times Mirror
Issues
Ground water depletionPumping costsLand subsidenceRunoff pollution of aquifersSalinization“Waste” = 40%Population Growth
Feather River Plan
Last “Wild” riverFlood control750 mile aqueduct!Water to Bay areaWater to San Joaquin ValleyWater to Southern CA
Three Rules
Detailed studies 1951 Department of Water Resources
100,000 square mile flood Water Resources Bonds
$1.5 billion Plus oilfield royalties
Total $2.5 billion
Issues for State Vote
San Joaquin Valley in favor160 acre limit – lost in supreme courtNorth did not want to ship southNorth, floods, development and saltwater
not enoughCounty of Origin - South
What if we build it and it does not come?
Not as long as bonds are outstanding
Negotiations and Conflict
North basically votes noSouth approves
MWD carried the day
The Results: Power
All power plus twice the amount needed for pumps
Net electricity deficitNo net revenue
1983, Revenues become positive
Kern County: Large Farms
Bakersfield, city dwellers, pay for systemSurcharge for large farms – reduced to zero by ReaganCapacity or volume?
Middle ground subsidizes farmsFarms only pay transportation and not capital costs for surplus: $13 vs $43
new farmlandLarge, subsidized, farms could underprice small farms
2013
Today, the Project includes 34 storage facilities, reservoirs and lakes; 20 pumping plants; 4 pumping-generating plants; 5 hydroelectric power plants; and about 701 miles of open canals and pipelines.
The Project provides supplemental water to approximately 25 million Californians and about 750,000 acres of irrigated farmland.
The Delta
As a water distribution system, the Delta not only serves the State and federal projects but also many agricultural and municipal water diverters surrounding and within the Delta itself. Delta water from the State Water Project serves both urban and agricultural areas in the Bay area, the Silicon Valley, the San Joaquin Valley, the Central Coast, and Southern California.