South Bay Pumping Plant

The South Bay Pumping Plant is located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of the Clifton Court Forebay and 10.3 miles (17 km) northeast of Livermore, CA. The plant is the only main line pumping plant for the 42.9 mile (69 km) long South Bay Aqueduct. The plant pumps from the Bethany Reservoir which is part of the California Aqueduct.

Characteristics

Del Valle Pumping Plant is another pumping plant on the South Bay Aqueduct which pumps water into Lake Del Valle for storage.

California State Water Project

Dams	Antelope B.F. Sisk Bethany Castaic Cedar Springs Del Valle Elderberry Forebay Fish Barrier Frenchman Grizzly Valley Little Panoche Los Banos Dam O'Neill Oroville Perris Pyramid Quail Lake Thermalito Afterbay Thermalito Diversion Thermalito Forebay

Reservoirs	Antelope Lake Bethany Reservoir Castaic Lake Clifton Court Forebay Elderberry Forebay Frenchman Lake Lake Davis Lake Del Valle Lake Oroville Lake Perris Little Panoche Reservoir Los Banos Reservoir O'Neill Forebay Pyramid Lake Quail Lake San Luis Reservoir Silverwood Lake Tehachapi Afterbay Thermalito Afterbay Thermalito Forebay

Rivers and bodies of water	Feather River Piru Creek Sacramento River Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta San Luis Creek

Aqueducts and canals	California Aqueduct Coastal Branch East Branch West Branch North Bay Aqueduct South Bay Aqueduct

Other facilities	Banks Pumping Plant Castaic Power Plant Devil Canyon Power Plant Dos Amigos Pumping Plant Edmonston Pumping Plant Feather River Fish Hatchery Kern River Intertie O'Neill Pumping-Generating Plant Oroville-Thermalito Complex South Bay Pumping Plant

Related	CALFED Bay-Delta Program California Department of Water Resources Peripheral Canal Bay Delta Conservation Plan

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