The South Bay Pumping Plant is located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of the

Clifton Court Forebay Clifton Court Forebay is a reservoir in the San Joaquin River Delta region of eastern Contra Costa County, California, southwest of Stockton, California, Stockton. The estuary region the forebay is located in is only 1m to 3m above mean sea lev ...

and 10.3 miles (17 km) northeast of Livermore, CA. The plant is the only main line pumping plant for the 42.9 mile (69 km) long

South Bay Aqueduct The South Bay Aqueduct is an aqueduct (water supply), aqueduct located in the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It conveys water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through over forty miles of pipelines and canals. It begins in north-e ...

. The plant pumps from the

Bethany Reservoir The Bethany Reservoir is located northeast of Livermore, California, USA, on the California Aqueduct. It serves as the forebay for the South Bay Pumping Plant that feeds the South Bay Aqueduct. Characteristics * Gross capacity: See also * Li ...

which is part of the

California Aqueduct The Governor Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct is a system of canals, tunnels, and pipelines that conveys water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of Northern and Central California to Southern California. Named after Cali ...

Characteristics

* Number of units: 9 * Normal static head: 566 ft (173 m) * Total flow at design head: 330 ft³/s (9 m³/s) * Total motor rating: 27,500 hp (21 MW)

Notes

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is another pumping plant on the

which pumps water into

Lake Del Valle Lake Del Valle is a storage reservoir located southeast of Livermore, in Alameda County, California. It is within Del Valle Regional Park. Lake description It is on Arroyo Valle (Spanish for "creek of the valley") in the Diablo Range. The lake ...

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