The State Water Project

1. The State Water Project You thought the CVP was large

2. State Owned and Controlled No Bureau requirements Half a million newcomers per year West side of San Joaquin Valley needs water Some Farms 224,000 Kern Land 90,000 Standard Oil 25,000 Buena Vista 25,000 Belridge Oil 23,000 Tidewater Oil 17,000 General Petroleum 15,000 Shell Oil 14,000 Occidental 12,000 Richfield Oil 11,000 Southern Pacific 15,000 Southern Pacific Land 10,000 Allison Honer Co 39,000 Times Mirror

3. Issues Ground water depletion Pumping costs Land subsidence Runoff pollution of aquifers Salinization “Waste” = 40% Population Growth

4. Feather River Plan Last “Wild” river Flood control 750 mile aqueduct! Water to Bay area Water to San Joaquin Valley Water to Southern CA

5. 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

6. Issues for State Vote San Joaquin Valley in favor 160 acre limit – lost in supreme court North did not want to ship south North, floods, development and saltwater not enough County of Origin - South What if we build it and it does not come? Not as long as bonds are outstanding

7. Negotiations and Conflict North basically votes no South approves MWD carried the day

8. The Results: Power All power plus twice the amount needed for pumps Net electricity deficit No net revenue 1983, Revenues become positive

9. Kern County: Large Farms Bakersfield, city dwellers, pay for system Surcharge for large farms – reduced to zero by Reagan Capacity or volume? Middle ground subsidizes farms Farms only pay transportation and not capital costs for surplus: $13 vs $43 new farmland Large, subsidized, farms could underprice small farms

10. 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.

11. 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.