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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]],<ref name=pdf>{{cite web|last1=Low|first1=Alice F.|last2=White|first2=Jim|title=Relationship of Delta Cross Channel Gate Operations To Loss of Juvenile Winter-run Chinook Salmon at the CVP/SWP Delta Facilities|url=http://www.science.calwater.ca.gov/pdf/ewa/support_docs_110804/Relationship%20of%20Delta%20Cross%20Channel%20Gate%20Closures.pdf|website=[[California Department of Fish and Game]]|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> then to the [[San Joaquin River]], towards the Bill Jones Pumping Plant,<ref name=DCC>{{cite web|title=Delta Cross Channel|url=http://www.sldmwa.org/about-sldmwa-facilities/delta-cross-channel/|website=San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> which is the intake for the [[Delta-Mendota Canal]], part of the [[Central Valley Project]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jones Pumping Plant|url=http://www.sldmwa.org/about-sldmwa-facilities/about-the-jones-pumping-plant/|website=San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> The distance from the channel to the Jones Pumping Plant is about 50 miles.<ref name=DCC/> |
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]],<ref name=pdf>{{cite web|last1=Low|first1=Alice F.|last2=White|first2=Jim|title=Relationship of Delta Cross Channel Gate Operations To Loss of Juvenile Winter-run Chinook Salmon at the CVP/SWP Delta Facilities|url=http://www.science.calwater.ca.gov/pdf/ewa/support_docs_110804/Relationship%20of%20Delta%20Cross%20Channel%20Gate%20Closures.pdf|website=[[California Department of Fish and Game]]|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> then to the [[San Joaquin River]], towards the Bill Jones Pumping Plant,<ref name=DCC>{{cite web|title=Delta Cross Channel|url=http://www.sldmwa.org/about-sldmwa-facilities/delta-cross-channel/|website=San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> which is the intake for the [[Delta-Mendota Canal]], part of the [[Central Valley Project]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jones Pumping Plant|url=http://www.sldmwa.org/about-sldmwa-facilities/about-the-jones-pumping-plant/|website=San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> The distance from the channel to the Jones Pumping Plant is about 50 miles.<ref name=DCC/> |
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The diversion is controlled by [[sluice gate]]s and was designed to divert a capacity of 3500 cubic feet per second<ref name=DCC/> under normal conditions, but can divert up to 6000 cfs.<ref name=pdf/> The purpose of the facility is to ensure an adequate supply of water for the Jones Pumping Plant and irrigation supplies for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta while controlling ocean salinity. 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. |
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Revision as of 00:36, 8 May 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 distance from the channel to the Jones Pumping Plant is about 50 miles.[2]
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 ensure an adequate supply of water for the Jones Pumping Plant and irrigation supplies for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta while controlling ocean salinity. 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 c "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.
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