Editing Central Valley Project (section)

=== Delta and canal system ===
One of the most important parts of the CVP's San Joaquin Valley water system is the series of aqueducts and pumping plants that take water from the [[Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta]] and send it southwards to supply farms and cities.<ref name="Delta">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Delta%20Division%20Project
 |title       = Delta Division
 |publisher   = U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
 |work        = Central Valley Project
 |date        = 2009-07-28
 |access-date  = 2010-01-16
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110327122453/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Delta%20Division%20Project
 |archive-date = 2011-03-27
}}</ref> The [[Delta Cross Channel]] intercepts Sacramento River water as it travels westwards towards [[Suisun Bay]] and diverts it south through a series of man-made channels, the [[Mokelumne River]], and other natural sloughs, marshes and distributaries.<ref name="Delta"/> From there, the water travels to the [[C.W. Bill Jones Pumping Plant]], which raises water into the [[Delta-Mendota Canal]], which in turn travels {{convert|117|mi|km}} southwards to Mendota Pool on the San Joaquin River, supplying water to other CVP reservoirs about midway.<ref name="Delta"/> A facility exists at the entrance of the pump plant in order to catch fish that would otherwise end up in the Delta-Mendota Canal.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/tech_services/tracy_research/tracyfacility/MapSchematic.html
|title=Tracy Fish Collection Facility—Map and Schematic
|publisher=U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
|work=Tracy Research
|access-date=2010-01-16
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315150148/http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/tech_services/tracy_research/tracyfacility/MapSchematic.html
|archive-date=2010-03-15
}}</ref> A second canal, the [[Contra Costa Canal]], captures freshwater near the central part of the delta, taking it {{convert|48|mi|km}} southwards, distributing water to the Clayton and Ygnacio Canals in the process, and supplying water to Contra Loma Dam, eventually terminating at Martinez Reservoir.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Martinez%20Dam
|title=Martinez Dam
|publisher=U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
|work=Delta Division
|date=2009-06-04
|access-date=2010-01-16
|archive-date=June 13, 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613140211/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Martinez%20Dam
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>