Editing Central Valley Project (section)

=== Operations ===
The CVP stores about {{convert|13|e6acre.ft|km3}} of water in 20 reservoirs in the foothills of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]], the [[Klamath Mountains]] and the [[California Coast Ranges]], and passes about {{convert|7.4|e6acre.ft|km3}} of water annually through its canals. Of the water transported, about {{convert|5|e6acre.ft|km3}} goes to irrigate {{convert|3000000|acre}} of farmland, {{convert|600000|acre.ft|km3}} supplies municipal uses, and {{convert|800000|acre.ft|km3}} is released into rivers and wetlands in order to comply with state and federal ecological standards.<ref name="cvp">{{cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Central+Valley+Project |title=Central Valley Project |publisher=U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |access-date=2010-01-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615004945/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Central%20Valley%20Project |archive-date=2011-06-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.water.ca.gov/swp/cvp.cfm |title=California State Water Project and the Central Valley Project |publisher=California Department of Water Resources |work=California State Water Project |date=2008-04-29 |access-date=2010-01-18 |archive-date=January 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110102602/http://www.water.ca.gov/swp/cvp.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Two large reservoirs, [[Shasta Lake]] and [[Trinity Lake]], are formed by a pair of dams in the mountains north of the [[Sacramento Valley]]. Water from [[Shasta Lake]] flows into the [[Sacramento River]] which flows to the [[Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta]] and water from [[Trinity Lake]] flows into the [[Trinity River (California)|Trinity River]] which leads to the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Both lakes release water at controlled rates. There, before it can flow on to [[San Francisco Bay]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]], some of the water is intercepted by a diversion channel and transported to the [[Delta-Mendota Canal]], which conveys water southwards through the San Joaquin Valley, supplying water to [[San Luis Reservoir]] (a SWP-shared facility) and the [[San Joaquin River]] at [[Mendota Pool]] in the process, eventually reaching canals that irrigates farms in the valley. [[Friant Dam]] crosses the San Joaquin River upstream of Mendota Pool, diverting its water southwards into canals that travel into the [[Tulare Lake]] area of the San Joaquin Valley, as far south as the [[Kern River]]. Finally, [[New Melones Lake]], a separate facility, stores water flow of a San Joaquin River tributary for use during dry periods. Other smaller, independent facilities exist to provide water to local irrigation districts.<ref name="cvp"/><ref name="historyoverview"/>