print email comment close Dams, Projects & Powerplants: Central Valley Project, Delta Division URL: http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Central+Valley+Project Description: This division of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation "provides for the transport of water through the central portion of the great [California] Central Valley, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta." This page provides descriptions of Bureau of Reclamation projects in the Delta (such as the Tracy Pumping Plant and Delta-Mendota Canal) and history of the bureau's activities in the area (including the Peripheral Canal, which "became one of the most controversial elements of Division planning"). Extra Keywords levees Sacramento River Delta Delta Cross Cannel Contra Costa Canal Contra Loma Dam Library of Congress Subject Headings: Delta Region (Calif.) United States. Bureau of Reclamation Water resources development -- California -- History LII Database Information: Record 19706 created by Jennifer English on 11/14/2005 Last modification on 07/20/2009 Published: 11/17/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19706