Delta Cross Channel
Dam in Walnut Grove, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Walnut Grove, California.
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Delta Cross Channel | |
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Location | Walnut Grove, California |
Coordinates | 38°14′46″N 121°30′34″W |
Purpose | Divert water to the C.W. Bill Jones Pumping Plant as part of the Central Valley Project, control salinity, ensure irrigation supplies for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta |
Opening date | 1951 (1951) |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Sacramento River |
Width (base) | 210 feet (64 m) |
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It diverts water to Snodgrass Slough, from where it flows to the Mokelumne River,[1] then to the San Joaquin River, towards the C.W. 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 (80 km).[2]