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Revision as of 18:04, 7 April 2015
The Delta Cross Channel is a facility in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that diverts water from the Sacramento River. The facility was built in 1951 in in Walnut Grove, California. It diverts water to Snodgrass Slough, from where it flows to the Mokelumne River[1], then to the San Joaquin River, towards the Bill Jones Pumping Plant,[2] which is the intake for the Delta-Mendota Canal, part of the Central Valley Project.[3] The diversion is controlled by sluice gates and was designed to divert a capacity of 3500 cubic feet per second[2] under normal conditions, but can divert up to 6000 cfs.[1] The purpose of the facility is to control salinity in the Delta as well as to ensure an adequate supply of water for the Jones Pumping Plant. The gates close when the river floods, to prevent flooding on the San Joaquin River, and if the amount of water is so low that the Central Valley Project cannot deliver water.
References
- ^ a b Low, Alice F.; White, Jim. "Relationship of Delta Cross Channel Gate Operations To Loss of Juvenile Winter-run Chinook Salmon at the CVP/SWP Delta Facilities" (PDF). California Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Delta Cross Channel". San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "Jones Pumping Plant". San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
Buildings and structures in Sacramento County, California