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<br />.1......, ... <br />Transfers That Change Your Water Source <br /> <br />Tracmglhe actual source of your '.'late: lS <br />complicated by Ihe loglstcs of !:ansport:.."Ig <br />'mter from one place 10 another If your <br />water entJtlementls from the State Waler <br />Projecl and another SWP contracror has a <br />reservoir c10S<' 10 yourcOmmunlly. your <br />water may actually come from thaI rese:VOti <br />andlheconlractorwilllah'morewalerfrom <br />the Sol.'P10 mare up the dllference For <br />example. Ihe Of'{ of SI Helena, In Napa <br />Counr{. gets a small amount of its water <br />from a S'J.'P enlltlemenl The City of Napa <br />supplies this water from :ts lake Hennessey <br />in the eastern hills 20 miles from ~apa, and <br />takes the St. Helena allocation from the <br />Stale Water ProJeCl TIus type of transfer can <br />e~minale the need for buildmg additIOnal <br />transportation pipelines where olher sys. <br />temsexisl. and can greatly reduce costs <br />Napa is also an example ofa further corn- <br />plication that can confu$<' the issue of where <br />your water actually comes from The Napa <br />County Flood Control and Warer Conserva. <br />tionOlstrictisaSlateWaterProjectcontriK <br />tor. supplymg its SWP water 10 the City of <br />Napa and s.....eral smaller commumties <br />However, Ihe North Bay Aqueduct scheduled <br />to delrver that SVlP waler was nol completed <br />when the wate: contracted for ',':as 10 be de- <br />livered Therefore, an intenm agreement was <br />reached between the OIstncl.the Slale. and <br />the US Bureau of Reclamation 10 deliver <br />the same amount of waler from Lalce Ber- <br />ryessa through the Putah Soulh Canal (ele- <br />ments of the rederal Solano Project) unw <br />the North Bay Aqueduct was to be com. <br />pleted In November of 1987 Allhat tIme <br />the agreement v.,th Ihe Bureau of Recla- <br />malion will expIre, and Napa ....;]] receive <br />SWP water from the Della <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />tAl! SHASTA <br />. <br /> <br />- <br />STATEDtI'AJlllENT <br />oIWAmmOl11lCfS <br />.. OROVIUE DAN <br /> <br />fUrKIRRIVU: <br /> <br />