Blog Post
The California Aqueduct, a critical part of the State Water Project, carries water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Deltato the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
Established as part of a $1.75 billion bond passed by voters in 1960, the 444-mile long California Aqueduct (formally known as the Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct) begins at the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant and parallels Interstate 5 south to the Tehachapi Mountains.
To cross the Tehachapis into Southern California, a huge amount of water is lifted some 2,000 feet at the A. D. Edmonston Pumping Plant – it’s more water pumped higher than anywhere else in the world.