{"checked":"2026-10-30","unplaced":["Del Valle Pumping Plant","Pearblossom Pumping Plant","Red Bluff Pumping Plant and Fish Screen","Gene Pumping Plant","Old River Intake Pumping Station"],"plants":[{"id":"edmonston","name":"A.D. Edmonston Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":34.94393,"lon":-118.82421,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/228156739","units":14,"lift":1926,"cfs":4480,"hp":1120000,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Edmonston 2 14 1,926 4,480 1,120,000","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Edmonston (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 14 units; normal static head 1,926 ft; total flow at design head 4,480 cfs; total motor rating 1,120,000 hp. Footnote 2: one unit in reserve."},{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Fourteen 80,000‑horsepower pumps at Edmonston Pumping Plant, situated at the foot of the mountains, raise the water 1,926 feet—the highest single lift of any pumping plant in the world.","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22 (copy at the California Water Library)","fact":"Fourteen 80,000-hp pumps lift water 1,926 ft over the Tehachapi Mountains, the highest single lift of any pumping plant in the world (per DWR)."}]},{"id":"gianelli","name":"William R. Gianelli Pumping-Generating Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources (owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)","lat":37.06907,"lon":-121.07742,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24057536","opened":1968,"units":8,"lift":"99–327","cfs":11000,"hp":504000,"note":"It also makes power, as the hydroelectric layer shows.","sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Gianelli 8 (p-g)1 99–327 11,000 504,000","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Gianelli (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 8 pumping-generating units; normal static head 99-327 ft; total flow at design head 11,000 cfs; total motor rating 504,000 hp."},{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=577","quote":"The William R. Gianelli pumping and generating plant is owned by the Bureau of Reclamation and operated by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Owned by Reclamation, operated by DWR."},{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=577","quote":"As a pumping station to fill San Luis Reservoir, each unit lifts 1,375 cubic feet per second at 290 feet total head.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Lifts water from O'Neill Forebay into San Luis Reservoir; each of 8 units lifts 1,375 cfs at 290 ft total head."},{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=577","quote":"Year of Initial Operation 1968","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Year of initial operation 1968 (Reclamation facility table, two cells)."}]},{"id":"banks","name":"Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":37.80079,"lon":-121.62083,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/36322363","units":11,"lift":"236–252","cfs":10670,"hp":333000,"note":"The Water Education Foundation gives 10,300 cubic feet a second; DWR’s table gives 10,670.","sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Banks 11 236–252 10,670 333,000","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Banks (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 11 units; normal static head 236-252 ft; total flow at design head 10,670 cfs; total motor rating 333,000 hp."},{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Banks Pumping Plant lifts water from Clifton Court Forebay into the California Aqueduct, which flows to Bethany Reservoir.","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22 (copy at the California Water Library)","fact":"Lifts water from Clifton Court Forebay into the California Aqueduct."},{"url":"https://watereducation.org/aquapedia/clifton-court-forebay-and-banks-pumping-plant","quote":"Constructed between 1963 and 1969, the Banks Pumping Plant can pump up to 10,300 cfs","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Constructed 1963 to 1969; can pump up to 10,300 cfs (Water Education Foundation; differs from DWR table figure 10,670 cfs)."}]},{"id":"chrisman","name":"Chrisman Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":35.01561,"lon":-118.97944,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1037230775","units":9,"lift":518,"cfs":4995,"hp":330000,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Chrisman2 9 518 4,995 330,000","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Chrisman (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 9 units; normal static head 518 ft; total flow at design head 4,995 cfs; total motor rating 330,000 hp. Footnote 2: one unit in reserve."}]},{"id":"dos-amigos","name":"Dos Amigos Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":36.9241,"lon":-120.82558,"where":"DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) station DSA, named for the plant","where_url":"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/staMeta?station_id=DSA","units":6,"lift":"107–125","cfs":15450,"hp":240000,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Dos Amigos 6 107–125 15,450 240,000","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Dos Amigos (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 6 units; normal static head 107-125 ft; total flow at design head 15,450 cfs; total motor rating 240,000 hp."},{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"this water is lifted more than 1,000 feet by four pumping plants—Dos Amigos, Buena Vista, Teerink, and Chrisman—before reaching the foot of the Tehachapi Mountains.","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22 (copy at the California Water Library)","fact":"One of four plants lifting California Aqueduct water more than 1,000 ft through the San Joaquin Valley."}]},{"id":"teerink","name":"Teerink Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":35.03204,"lon":-119.00764,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1037293726","units":9,"lift":233,"cfs":5445,"hp":150000,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Teerink2 9 233 5,445 150,000","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Teerink (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 9 units; normal static head 233 ft; total flow at design head 5,445 cfs; total motor rating 150,000 hp. Footnote 2: one unit in reserve."}]},{"id":"buena-vista","name":"Buena Vista Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":35.16065,"lon":-119.34726,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/253914664","units":10,"lift":205,"cfs":5405,"hp":144500,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Buena Vista2 10 205 5,405 144,500","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Buena Vista (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 10 units; normal static head 205 ft; total flow at design head 5,405 cfs; total motor rating 144,500 hp. Footnote 2: one unit in reserve."}]},{"id":"jones","name":"C.W. \"Bill\" Jones Pumping Plant","system":"cvp","operator":"San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation","lat":37.8,"lon":-121.585,"where":"DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) station TRP, named for the plant","where_url":"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/staMeta?station_id=TRP","units":6,"lift_text":"nearly 200","cfs":4600,"hp":135000,"hp_each":22500,"note":"Reclamation says canal subsidence generally limits it to 4,600 cubic feet a second; the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority gives about 5,200.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-109publ384/html/PLAW-109publ384.htm","quote":"The facility of the Bureau of Reclamation located at 19550 Kelso Road in Byron, California, and known as the Tracy Pumping Plant, shall be known and designated as the","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Renamed from Tracy Pumping Plant by Public Law 109-384 (Dec 12, 2006); address 19550 Kelso Road, Byron."},{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/mpr-news/docs/factsheets/jones-pumping-plant.pdf","quote":"Water Authority for Reclamation, lifts water nearly 200-feet from the Delta into the DMC through 15-foot diameter pipes using one or more of the six 22,500-horsepower motors","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Operated by the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority; lifts water nearly 200 ft from the Delta into the Delta-Mendota Canal."},{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/mpr-news/docs/factsheets/jones-pumping-plant.pdf","quote":"pumping capacity is generally limited to 4,600 cubic feet per second.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Six 22,500-hp motors (one backup); capacity generally limited to 4,600 cfs by canal subsidence."},{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/mpr-news/docs/factsheets/jones-pumping-plant.pdf","quote":"The facility was constructed from 1947 to 1951","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Constructed 1947 to 1951."},{"url":"https://sldmwa.org/about-sldmwa-facilities/about-the-jones-pumping-plant/","quote":"The total capacity of the plant is about 5,200 cubic feet per second, each unit with a pumping capacity between 850 cfs and 1,050 cfs.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Water authority gives total capacity of about 5,200 cfs."}]},{"id":"eagle-mountain","name":"Eagle Mountain Pumping Plant","system":"cra","operator":"Metropolitan Water District of Southern California","lat":33.80774,"lon":-115.45156,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/121046728","units":9,"lift":438,"hp":112500,"hp_each":12500,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"Eagle Mountain Pumping Plant is the fourth pumping plant on the CRA system, with the second highest lift at 438 feet.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Second-highest CRA lift, 438 ft."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"lifts water from an elevation of 966 to 1,404 feet.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Lifts water from 966 to 1,404 ft elevation."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"Eagle Mountain and the Julian Hinds Pumping Plant have the highest rated motors at 12,500 horsepower each.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"12,500-hp motors (shared top rating with Hinds)."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"Each of the pumping plants contain nine large pumps that work together to move water.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Every Colorado River Aqueduct plant has nine pumps."}]},{"id":"julian-hinds","name":"Julian Hinds Pumping Plant","system":"cra","operator":"Metropolitan Water District of Southern California","lat":33.7054,"lon":-115.62874,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/121046995","units":9,"lift":441,"hp":112500,"hp_each":12500,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"This plant has the highest lift in the CRA system, taking water from 1,366 to 1,807 feet elevation.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Highest CRA lift, from 1,366 to 1,807 ft elevation."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/ja5k5pcu/cra_fact-sheet-2021.pdf","quote":"Julian Hinds // 441 feet","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"441 ft lift (CRA fact sheet)."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"It has nine pumps capable of pumping 1 billion gallons per day.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Nine pumps, about 1 billion gallons per day."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"Each of the pumping plants contain nine large pumps that work together to move water.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Every Colorado River Aqueduct plant has nine pumps."}]},{"id":"oso","name":"Oso Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":34.81036,"lon":-118.72013,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/472998086","units":8,"lift":231,"cfs":3252,"hp":93800,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Oso 8 231 3,252 93,800","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Oso (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 8 units; normal static head 231 ft; total flow at design head 3,252 cfs; total motor rating 93,800 hp."},{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Water in the West Branch flows through Oso Pumping Plant, Quail Lake, Peace Valley Pipeline, and Warne Powerplant into","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22 (copy at the California Water Library)","fact":"West Branch water flows through Oso Pumping Plant toward Quail Lake and Pyramid Lake."}]},{"id":"whitsett","name":"W.P. Whitsett Intake Pumping Plant","system":"cra","operator":"Metropolitan Water District of Southern California","lat":34.3163,"lon":-114.1578,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/77275232","units":9,"lift":291,"hp":81000,"hp_each":9000,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"This pumping plant is the CRA’s starting point.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Starting point of the CRA."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"it is located two miles upriver of Parker Dam.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Two miles upriver of Parker Dam."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"Each of the nine pumps at this facility are rated at a remarkable 9,000 horsepower and can each lift about 250 cubic feet of water per second","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Nine pumps of 9,000 hp, each about 250 cfs."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"The pumps lift the water 291 feet from the lake into aqueduct tunnels which then fill the Gene Wash reservoir.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Lifts water 291 ft from Lake Havasu."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"Each of the pumping plants contain nine large pumps that work together to move water.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Every Colorado River Aqueduct plant has nine pumps."}]},{"id":"iron-mountain","name":"Iron Mountain Pumping Plant","system":"cra","operator":"Metropolitan Water District of Southern California","lat":34.14787,"lon":-115.12256,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/93581420","units":9,"lift":144,"hp":38700,"hp_each":4300,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"Water flows by gravity to the plant, which lifts water from an elevation of 903 feet to 1,047 feet.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Lifts water from 903 ft to 1,047 ft elevation."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"It has the shortest lift at 144 feet and its nine pumps are 4,300 horsepower each.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Shortest CRA lift, 144 ft; nine 4,300-hp pumps."},{"url":"https://www.mwdh2o.com/media/liwpccsm/pumpingplants.pdf","quote":"Each of the pumping plants contain nine large pumps that work together to move water.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Every Colorado River Aqueduct plant has nine pumps."}]},{"id":"oneill","name":"O'Neill Pumping-Generating Plant","system":"cvp","operator":"San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (Reclamation facility)","lat":37.08731,"lon":-121.01721,"where":"the California Energy Commission’s point for its O’Neill pumping-generating plant (H0363)","where_url":"https://cecgis-caenergy.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/4a702cd67be24ae7ab8173423a768e1b","opened":1967,"units":6,"lift":"45–53","cfs":4200,"hp":36000,"note":"Reclamation gives each of the six units 700 cubic feet a second and 6,000 horsepower, so 4,200 and 36,000 in all; the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority gives about 650 a unit, and “Completed in 1968”.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=571","quote":"The O`Neill Pump-Generating Plant consists of an intake channel leading off the Delta-Mendota Canal and six pump-generating units. Normally these units operate as pumps to lift water from 45 to 53 feet into the O`Neill Forebay.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Six pump-generating units lift water 45 to 53 ft from the Delta-Mendota Canal into O'Neill Forebay."},{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=571","quote":"When operating as pumps and motors, each unit can discharge 700 cubic feet per second and has a rating of 6,000 horsepower.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Each unit discharges 700 cfs and is rated 6,000 hp as a pump (Reclamation)."},{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=571","quote":"Year of Initial Operation 1967","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Year of initial operation 1967 (Reclamation facility table, two cells)."},{"url":"https://sldmwa.org/about-sldmwa-facilities/oneill-pumping-generating-plant/","quote":"Completed in 1968, this facility consists of an intake channel leading off the Delta-Mendota Canal and six pumping-generating units.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Water authority: completed in 1968; each unit about 650 cfs."},{"url":"https://sldmwa.org/about-sldmwa-facilities/oneill-pumping-generating-plant/","quote":"When operating as pumps and motors, each unit can discharge about 650 cubic feet per second and has a rating of 6,000 horsepower.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Water authority per-unit discharge."}],"hp_each":6000},{"id":"south-bay","name":"South Bay Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":37.77751,"lon":-121.62498,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/397383077","units":9,"lift":566,"cfs":330,"hp":27750,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"South Bay 9 566 330 27,750","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"South Bay (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 9 units; normal static head 566 ft; total flow at design head 330 cfs; total motor rating 27,750 hp."},{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"the South Bay Pumping Plant lifts water into the South Bay Aqueduct to supply Alameda and Santa Clara counties.","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22 (copy at the California Water Library)","fact":"Lifts water from Bethany Reservoir into the South Bay Aqueduct for Alameda and Santa Clara counties."}]},{"id":"citrus","name":"Citrus Pump Station","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":34.0799,"lon":-117.133,"where":"DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) station CTR, named for the plant","where_url":"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/staMeta?station_id=CTR","units":8,"lift":665,"cfs":160,"hp":18000,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Citrus 8 665 160 18,000","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Citrus (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 8 units; normal static head 665 ft; total flow at design head 160 cfs; total motor rating 18,000 hp."},{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Phase II expands deliveries in these service areas and includes two new SWP facilities, Citrus Reservoir and Citrus Pump Station.","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22 (copy at the California Water Library)","fact":"Part of East Branch Extension Phase II."}]},{"id":"crafton-hills","name":"Crafton Hills Pump Station","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":34.06721,"lon":-117.04943,"where":"DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) station CFH, named for the plant","where_url":"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/staMeta?station_id=CFH","units":7,"lift":613,"cfs":135,"hp":13500,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Crafton Hills 7 613 135 13,500","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Crafton Hills (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 7 units; normal static head 613 ft; total flow at design head 135 cfs; total motor rating 13,500 hp."}]},{"id":"badger-hill","name":"Badger Hill Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":35.83468,"lon":-119.94266,"where":"DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) station BAH, named for the plant","where_url":"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/staMeta?station_id=BAH","units":6,"lift":151,"cfs":454,"hp":11750,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Badger Hill 6 151 454 11,750","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Badger Hill (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 6 units; normal static head 151 ft; total flow at design head 454 cfs; total motor rating 11,750 hp."}]},{"id":"devil-s-den","name":"Devil's Den Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":35.71185,"lon":-120.01106,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7994828452","units":6,"lift":521,"cfs":134,"hp":10500,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Devil’s Den2 6 521 134 10,500","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Devil's Den (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 6 units; normal static head 521 ft; total flow at design head 134 cfs; total motor rating 10,500 hp. Footnote 2: one unit in reserve."}]},{"id":"bluestone","name":"Bluestone Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":35.70766,"lon":-120.08365,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7994828450","units":6,"lift":484,"cfs":134,"hp":10500,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Bluestone2 6 484 134 10,500","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Bluestone (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 6 units; normal static head 484 ft; total flow at design head 134 cfs; total motor rating 10,500 hp. Footnote 2: one unit in reserve."}]},{"id":"polonio-pass","name":"Polonio Pass Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":35.73101,"lon":-120.20756,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7994828415","units":6,"lift":533,"cfs":134,"hp":10500,"note":"OpenStreetMap spells it “Polonia Pass”; it is the pumping station there on the Coastal Branch.","sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Polonio Pass 2 6 533 134 10,500","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Polonio Pass (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 6 units; normal static head 533 ft; total flow at design head 134 cfs; total motor rating 10,500 hp. Footnote 2: one unit in reserve."}]},{"id":"greenspot","name":"Greenspot Pump Station","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":34.0987,"lon":-117.106,"where":"DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) station GSP, named for the plant","where_url":"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/staMeta?station_id=GSP","units":5,"lift":382,"cfs":70,"hp":5400,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Greenspot 5 382 70 5,400","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Greenspot (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 5 units; normal static head 382 ft; total flow at design head 70 cfs; total motor rating 5,400 hp."}]},{"id":"barker-slough","name":"Barker Slough Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":38.2759,"lon":-121.7965,"where":"DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) station BKS, named for the plant","where_url":"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/staMeta?station_id=BKS","units":9,"lift":"95–120","cfs":228,"hp":4800,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Barker Slough 9 95–120 228 4,800","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Barker Slough (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 9 units; normal static head 95-120 ft; total flow at design head 228 cfs; total motor rating 4,800 hp."},{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"From the northern Delta, Barker Slough Pumping Plant diverts water for delivery to Napa and Solano counties through the North Bay Aqueduct, which was completed in 1988.","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22 (copy at the California Water Library)","fact":"Diverts water from the northern Delta into the North Bay Aqueduct for Napa and Solano counties."}]},{"id":"las-perillas","name":"Las Perillas Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":35.84314,"lon":-119.90905,"where":"DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) station LPP, named for the plant","where_url":"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/staMeta?station_id=LPP","units":6,"lift":55,"cfs":461,"hp":4050,"sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Las Perillas 6 55 461 4,050","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Las Perillas (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 6 units; normal static head 55 ft; total flow at design head 461 cfs; total motor rating 4,050 hp."}]},{"id":"cordelia","name":"Cordelia Pumping Plant","system":"swp","operator":"California Department of Water Resources","lat":38.2276,"lon":-122.1347,"where":"DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) station CPP, named for the plant","where_url":"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/staMeta?station_id=CPP","units":11,"lift":138,"note":"DWR’s table prints no flow or horsepower for it.","sources":[{"url":"https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bulletin-132-22-090825.pdf","quote":"Cordelia 11 138 0 0","checked":"2026-10-30","name":"DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 (copy at the California Water Library)","about":"The row gives the pumps, the lift in feet, the flow in cubic feet a second and the horsepower.","fact":"Cordelia (DWR Bulletin 132-22, Table 1-3 Pumping Plant Characteristics, a table row): 11 units; normal static head 138 ft; total flow at design head 0 cfs; total motor rating 0 hp. The table prints 0 for flow and motor rating; the reason is not given."}]},{"id":"pacheco","name":"Pacheco Pumping Plant","system":"cvp","operator":null,"lat":37.0619,"lon":-121.18013,"where":"OpenStreetMap, which maps the plant by name","where_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/75185739","sources":[{"url":"https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=392","quote":"At the pumping plant, the water is lifted to the 5.3-mile-long high-level section of Pacheco Tunnel Reach 2.","checked":"2026-10-30","fact":"Lifts San Luis Reservoir water from Pacheco Tunnel Reach 1 into the high-level Pacheco Tunnel Reach 2 for Santa Clara and San Benito counties."}]}]}