page_title: Delta–Mendota Canal
hierarchical_section_title: Delta–Mendota Canal
caption_attribution_description: English: Oblique aerial photo with fish eye lens of the Delta Mendota Canal north of Patterson, California.
context_page_description: The Delta–Mendota Canal is a 117 mi aqueduct in central California, United States. The canal was designed and completed in 1951 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Central Valley Project to supply freshwater to users downstream of the San Joaquin River. Freshwater is diverted into the Madera Canal and Friant-Kern Canal at Friant Dam.
  The canal begins in the Northwestern region of the San Joaquin Valley, and east of the Cascade made from mostly concrete and a slope of 3 inches per mile. At the C.W. Bill Jones Pumping Plant, roughly 197 ft of water is obtained from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The canal runs southward along the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley, parallel to the California Aqueduct, and diverges to the east after passing the San Luis Reservoir, receiving more water and eventually emptying into the San Joaquin River near the city of Mendota. The canal travels through 6 state counties, Alameda, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, and Fresno counties.
  Clifton Court Forebay provides added water to the flow of the canal.
context_section_description: The Delta–Mendota Canal is a 117 mi (188 km) aqueduct in central California, United States. The canal was designed and completed in 1951 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Central Valley Project to supply freshwater to users downstream of the San Joaquin River. Freshwater is diverted into the Madera Canal and Friant-Kern Canal at Friant Dam.
  The canal begins in the Northwestern region of the San Joaquin Valley, and east of the Cascade made from mostly concrete and a slope of 3 inches per mile. At the C.W. Bill Jones Pumping Plant (formerly the Tracy Pumping Plant), roughly 197 ft (60 m) of water is obtained from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The canal runs southward along the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley, parallel to the California Aqueduct, and diverges to the east after passing the San Luis Reservoir, receiving more water and eventually emptying into the San Joaquin River near the city of Mendota. The canal travels through 6 state counties, Alameda, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, and Fresno counties.
  Clifton Court Forebay provides added water to the flow of the canal.
caption: Oblique aerial photo with fish eye lens of the Delta Mendota Canal north of Patterson, California.
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