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Kelly's Work Log

• Feb 24, 2019- Selected California Aqueduct for assignment, read through subject article, as well as skimmed over California State Water Project (SWP) page for further research and understanding. Proceeded click through all available reference links and skim/read depending on importance. (45 minutes)
• Next, I read through the article's talk page. One user made a really great point about how there isn't any info on the construction and history. I think this is a really wonderful point, and think this is a great starting point for me to improve the article. (45 minutes)
  • Proceeded to research what I could about the construction of the aqueduct.
    • I was able to find a 24 page PDF of an excerpt from what looks like a textbook detailing its construction, which could be extremely beneficial if I can track down what the book is and where it came from. Frustratingly, after 30 minutes of Googling excerpts and searching key heading from the text, I'm not finding any additional information about where this text came from. Attached is the PDF if you wouldn't mind taking a look at it and seeing if you may be able to identify where it originated. [1]
• Started collecting info/writing preliminary paragraph (1.5 Hours)
• Feb 27, 2019- After seeing your email (which thank you so much!) I put in a request to get a copy of California Lifeline: A History of the State Water Project. (0.25 Hours)
  • Note: Even, if I get it, it's not the PDF I found, I'm sure there will be some sort of useful information for this project. It's a little late right now, but I think I'll see if I can call the the library that the book is located tomorrow to see if it's possible for any of the staff to confirm the PDF is in fact from that book. That way I'll be able to use the PDF for research in the meantime.
• Added article to Sandbox, and started out laying out where I want my edits and additions to go. (0.75 Hours)
  • Note: On the Talk page, someone mapped out all of the Aqueduct facilities but never actually posted it to the article, which I think is a really beneficial thing to add, so I added it below in my edit. Although I'm not sure it's the best format for how I think the information should be conveyed and I want to mess around with it a little bit.
• Mar 3, 2019- Responded to the original post of the Talk page about the facilities, indicating that I plan on editing it and posting it to the article if I can make it work. Also made a note that there is no sources for it, and even though the talk post is nearly 13 years old, I'm going to ask if they remember where they got the information. (0.25 Hours)
  • Looked for sources for list of facilities, and couldn't find any that matched the information enough to use it as a source. Although I did find this page [2] (1 hour)
  • I think I could use to spice up the Branches section instead of adding the list as it's own section. Jotted down some info from page to work into article. (1.5 Hours)
    • Note: italics are edits, bold is information copy and pasted from the source-- will be deleted.
• I also found that the California Lifeline: A History of the State Water Project is at a library about 30 minutes from my house. I gave the library a call, they said I couldn't check out the book myself. I asked the person on the phone to find the book and compare it to the PDF, and while the call was on hold it dropped. I immediately called back and left a message, but didn't receive a call back. I feel really bad that the person helping me went through the trouble to find the book and probably thought I hung up on them because they took too long, so I'm going to hold off on calling back because I'm embarrassed (lol). I think I may just call back later and instead ask them if I can come in myself and look at the book without checking it out. (0.25 hours)
• Mar 17, 2019- I got an email from the library saying that the interlibrary loan couldn't be completed. I think I'll try driving to the library close to my town this week to see if there is anyway I could take a look at it for confirmation.
• I am really please with the edits I've made so far, so I'm going to post them onto the talk page for some feedback. (0.75 hours, formatting took me forever to get right)
• Continued to search web for more info to add to article. (1.5 hours)
• Mar 26, 2019- Checked the responses to my work thus far, one mentioning that some of my work is unsourced. Went back through my work and compared to the source, and remember that I did use a map as well. Went through my history looking for the site I got the information. (0.5 Hours)
• Mar 31, 2018- Compared both web pages used for information to figure out exactly which information I got from which source. Went through and added the citation in both this Sandbox as well as the post on the talk page for California Aqueduct (which none of the info is cited on this page, so I went and added all citations for the edits.) (0.75 Hours)
• Checked the talk page for the article to see if there were any responses, went to the CA Water Project's talk page to see if there was anything useful, as far as ideas for this article. (0.5 Hours)
• April 7, 2019- Published edits onto California Aqueduct wikipedia page.

Heather's Comments

2.26.2019- This looks great so far!  :) I'm putting your question to one of our librarians. In the meantime, I suggest calling the reference desk at the main campus Butte Library and see if they can point in you in a direction for more better sources. Next week, please copy the part(s) of the article you'll improve into this space and edit here, okay?

3.22.2019- Wow, well done! I'm going to ask our Wikitech Shalor to give you some feedback on your edits. Should hear from her in the next few days. Otherwise, this looks great!

Kelly's edits to California Aqueduct

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Governor Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct is a system of canals, tunnels, and pipelines that conveys water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of Northern and Central California to Southern California. Named after California Governor Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr., the over 400-mile (640 km) aqueduct is the principal feature of the California State Water Project. [input small summary about construction in introduction]

The aqueduct begins at the Clifton Court Forebay at the southwestern corner of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. The aqueduct then heads south, eventually splitting into three branches: the Coastal Branch, ending at Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County; the West Branch, conveying water to Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County; and the East Branch, connecting Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County.

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) operates and maintains the California Aqueduct, including one pumped-storage hydroelectric plant, Gianelli Power Plant. Gianelli is located at the base of San Luis Dam, which forms San Luis Reservoir, the largest offstream reservoir in the United States.

The Castaic Power Plant, while similar and which is owned and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, is located on the northern end of Castaic Lake, while Castaic Dam is located at the southern end.

Contents

• 1. Construction
• 2.The aqueduct system
  • 2.1 Aqueduct Facilities
• 3. Branches
  • 3.1Coastal Branch
  • 3.2East Branch
  • 3.3West Branch
    • 3.3.1Bikeway
    • 3.3.2Pumping stations
• 4. Hydrography
• 5. In popular culture
• 6. See also
• 7. References
• 8. External links

Construction

The funding for the Aqueduct came from a $1.75 billion bond, granted by the California voters in 1960. [2]

The aqueduct system

The aqueduct begins at the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta at the Banks Pumping Plant, which pumps from the Clifton Court Forebay. Water is pumped by the Banks Pumping Plant to the Bethany Reservoir. The reservoir serves as a forebay for the South Bay Aqueduct via the South Bay Pumping Plant. From the Bethany Reservoir, the aqueduct flows by gravity approximately 60 mi (97 km) to the O'Neill Forebay at the San Luis Reservoir. From the O'Neill Forebay, it flows approximately 16 mi (26 km) to the Dos Amigos Pumping Plant. After Dos Amigos, the aqueduct flows about 95 mi (153 km) to where the Coastal Branch splits from the "main line". The split is approximately 16 mi (26 km) south-southeast of Kettleman City. After the coastal branch, the line continues by gravity another 66 mi (106 km) to the Buena Vista Pumping Plant. From the Buena Vista, it flows approximately 27 mi (43 km) to the Teerink Pumping Plant. After Teerink it flows about 2.5 mi (4.0 km) to the Chrisman Pumping Plant. Chrisman is the last pumping plant before Edmonston Pumping Plant, which is 13 mi (21 km) from Chrisman. South of the plant the west branch splits off in a southwesterly direction to serve the Los Angeles Basin. At Edmonston Pumping Plant it is pumped 1,926 ft (587 m) over the Tehachapi Mountains.

Water flows through the aqueduct in a series of abrupt rises and gradual falls. The water flows down a long segment, built at a slight grade, and arrives at a pumping station powered by Path 66 or Path 15. The pumping station raises the water, where it again gradually flows downhill to the next station. However, where there are substantial drops, the water's potential energy is recaptured by hydroelectric plants. The initial pumping station fed by the Sacramento River Delta raises the water 240 ft (73 m), while a series of pumps culminating at the Edmonston Pumping Plant raises the water 1,926 ft (587 m) over the Tehachapi Mountains. The Edmonston Pumping station requires so much power that several power lines off of Path 15 and Path 26 are needed to ensure proper operation of the pumps.

A typical section has a concrete-lined channel 40 feet (12 m) at the base and an average water depth of about 30 ft (9.1 m). The widest section of the aqueduct is 110 feet (34 m) and the deepest is 32 feet (9.8 m). Channel capacity is 13,100 cubic feet per second (370 m³/s) and the largest pumping plant capacity at Dos Amigos is 15,450 cubic feet per second (437 m³/s).

Here's a table of California Aqueduct facilities that I made. What do you guys think? I hope that it makes sense. When an aqueduct or conduit splits off, I indented it and then indented the facilities that make it up. Aqueducts or conduits that split off again are indented again. -- Kjkolb 22:44, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

California Aqueduct facilities

It spans more than 705 miles from Northern California to Southern California and includes 36 storage facilities, 21 pumping plants, five hydroelectric power plants, four pumping-generating plants, and approximately 700 miles of canals, tunnels, and pipelines.

Along the Aqueduct there are 36 storage facilities, 21 pumping plants, 5 hydroelectric power plants, and 4 pumping-generating.

• Banks Pumping Plant
• O'Neill Forebay
• Gianelli Pumping-Generating Plant
• San Luis Reservoir (offstream)
  • Pacheco Tunnel
    • Pacheco Pumping Plant
    • Pacheco Conduit
      • Santa Clara Tunnel and Conduit
      • Hollister Conduit
        • San Justo Reservoir (offstream)
• Dos Amigos Pumping Plant
• Little Panoche Reservoir
• Coalinga Canal
• Coastal Branch
  • Las Perillas Pumping Plant
  • Badger Hill Pumping Plant
  • Devil's Den Pumping Plant
  • Bluestone Pumping Plant
  • Polonio Pass Pumping Plant
  • Tank Site 2
  • Tank Site 1
  • Tank Site 5
• Buena Vista Pumping Plant
• Teerink Pumping Plant
• Edmonston Pumping Plant
• Tehachapi Crossing
• Tehachapi Afterbay
  • West Branch
    • Oso Pumping Plant
    • Quail Lake
    • Warne Power Plant
    • Pyramid Lake
    • Elderberry Forebay
    • Castaic Lake
    • Foothill Feeder Power Plant
  • East Branch
    • Alamo Power Plant
    • Pearblossom Pumping Plant
    • Mojave Siphon Power Plant
    • Silverwood Lake
    • Devil Canyon Power Plant
    • Lake Perris

Branches

From its beginning until its first branch, the aqueduct passes through parts of Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, and Kings counties. The aqueduct then divides into three branches: the Coastal Branch in the Central Valley, and the East and West Branches after passing over the Tehachapi Mountains. Aqueduct and surrounding farms in Kern County

Coastal Branch

The Coastal Branch splits from the main line 11.3 mi (18.2 km) south-southeast of Kettleman City transiting Kings County, Kern County, San Luis Obispo County, and Santa Barbara County to deliver water to the coastal cities of San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, and Santa Barbara.Coastal Branch is 116 mi (187 km) and five pump stations. Phase I, an above ground aqueduct totals 15 mi (24 km) from where it branches from the California Aqueduct, was completed in 1968. With construction beginning in 1994, Phase II consists of 101 mi (163 km) of a 42–57-inch (1.07–1.45 m) diameter buried pipeline extending from the Devils Den Pump Plant, and terminates at Tank 5 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County. The Central Coast Water Authority (CCWA) extension, completed in 1997, is a (30–39 in) (76–99 cm) diameter pipeline that travels 42 mi (68 km) from Vandenberg through Vandenberg Village, Lompoc, Buellton, and Solvang where it terminates at Lake Cachuma in Los Padres National Forest.

Coastal Branch Facilities

• Las Perillas Pumping Plant
• Badger Hill Pumping Plant
• Devil's Den Pumping Plant
• Bluestone Pumping Plant
• Polonia Pass Pumping Plant
• Polonio Pass Water Treatment Plant
• Cuesta Tunnel
• Santa Ynez Pumping Facility

East Branch

The aqueduct splits off into the East Branch and West Branch in extreme southern Kern County, north of the Los Angeles County line. The East Branch supplies Lake Palmdale and terminates at Lake Perris, in the area of the San Gorgonio Pass. It passes through parts of Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties.

East Branch Facilities

• Pearblossom Pumping Plant
• Alamo Power Plant
• Mojave Siphon Power Plant
• San Bernardiono Tunnel
• Devil Canyon Power Plant
• Greenspot Pump Station
• Crafton Hills Reservoir
• Crafton Hills Pump Station
• Cherry Valley Pump Station

West Branch

The West Branch continues to head towards its terminus at Pyramid Lake and Castaic Lake in the Angeles National Forest to supply the western Los Angeles basin. It passes through parts of Kern and Los Angeles counties.

West Branch Facilities

• Oso Pumping Plant
• Peace Valley Pipeline
• Warne Powerplant
• Angeles Tunnel
• Castaic Power Plant

Bikeway

When it was open, the California Aqueduct Bikeway was the longest of the paved paths in the Los Angeles area, at 107 miles (172 km) long from Quail Lake near Gorman through the desert to Silverwood Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. This path was closed in 1988 due to bicyclist safety and liability issues. It is expected to remain closed indefinitely due to the continued liability issues and an increased focus on security, especially after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Pumping stations

Phase I, Canal

• Las Perillas Pumping Plant 35.843143°N 119.909055°W, Kings County
• Badger Hill Pumping Plant 35.834680°N 119.942658°W, Kings County

Phase II, Pipeline and Tunnel

• Devil's Den Pumping Plant 35.711935°N 120.010958°W, Kern County
• Bluestone Pumping Plant 35.707946°N 120.084429°W, Kern County
• Polonio Pass Pumping Plant 35.731046°N 120.207682°W, San Luis Obispo County

References

• Reference 1: [3]
• Reference 2: Water South Documentary [4]
• Reference 3: Info About the beginning on the SWP [5]