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“I’m signing an executive order to open up the pumps and valves in the north. we want to get that water pouring down here as quickly as possible, let hundreds of millions of gallons of water flow down into Southern California,
That "valve" in the North looks like it's owned by California.
SNIP The SWP collects water from rivers in Northern California and redistributes it to the water-scarce but populous cities through a network of aqueducts, pumping stations and power plants. About 70% of the water provided by the project is used for urban areas and industry in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, and 30% is used for irrigation in the Central Valley.[5] To reach Southern California, the water must be pumped 2,882 feet (878 m) over the Tehachapi Mountains, with 1,926 feet (587 m) at the Edmonston Pumping Plant alone, the highest single water lift in the world.[6] The SWP shares many facilities with the federal Central Valley Project (CVP), which primarily serves agricultural users. Water can be interchanged between SWP and CVP canals as needed to meet peak requirements for project constituents. The SWP provides estimated annual benefits of $400 billion to California's economy.[7] SNIP
One pumping station is Edmonson.
The pumps themselves extend downward six floors. Each unit discharges water into a manifold that connects to the main discharge lines. The two main discharge lines stairstep up the mountain in an 8400-foot-long tunnel.
Four pumping plants known as the Valley String – Buena Vista, Teerink, Chrisman, and Edmonston Pumping Plants – move water over the Tehachapi Mountains and into Southern California. The Edmonston Pumping Plant, the highest single lift pumping plant in the world, lifts water nearly 2,000 feet up the Tehachapi Mountains. Water travels to the Tehachapi Crossing where it marks the end of the field division boundary before beginning its journey over the mountain range and into Southern California. (This appears to be all owned by the California State Water system.)
The Fed part is in the Central Valley that supplies irrigation water to industrial areas, farmers, etc.
The CVP has long-term agreements to supply water to more than 250 contractors in 29 of California’s 58 counties. Deliveries by the CVP include providing an annual average of 5 million acre-feet of water for farms; 600,000 acre-feet of water for municipal and industrial uses (enough water to supply about 2.5 million people for a year); and water for wildlife refuges and maintaining water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (Remember, there was no discharge for the smelt before the fires because of the dry conditions in Southern California)
Then you have the limits of the aqueduct capacity on the way to the south.
California has been managing its water for a long time and seems to do well.
