California State Water Project:
More than 2/3 of the people in California receive part of their water from the California State Water Project. The project was built and is operated by the Department of Water Resources and was started in 1960. It was built from north to south beginning with the Oroville Dam, the tallest dam in the U.S. (770 feet tall)
Parts of the state get over 100 inches while other parts get 2 inches, and most of the growth occurs in the more arid parts of the state. Water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Colorado River is pumped to growing cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Central State Water Project spans over 600 miles of California- it has 34 storage facilities, 20 pumping stations, four pumping-generating plants, five hydroelectric plants and approximately 700 miles of pipelines, canals and tunnels. 70% of the water is used for urban uses and the other 30% agricultural uses.
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