Dos Amigos Pumping Plant
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Dos Amigos Pumping Plant is located 10 miles (16 km) south of Los Banos, California
, on Interstate 5
. The plant is the second pumping plant for the California Aqueduct
and the South Bay Aqueduct
. It provides the necessary fluid head (potential energy) for the California Aqueduct
to flow for approximately 95 miles (153 km) to where the Coastal Branch splits from the "main line" approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of Kettleman City. After the coastal branch, the line continues by gravity another 66 miles (106 km) to the Buena Vista Pumping Plant.
Los Banos, California
Los Banos is a city in Merced County, California, near the junction of State Route 152 and Interstate 5. Los Banos is located southwest of Merced, at an elevation of 118 feet . The population was 35,972 at the 2010 census, up from 25,869 at the 2000 census...
, on Interstate 5
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean coastline from Canada to Mexico . It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S...
. The plant is the second pumping plant for the California Aqueduct
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. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the...
and the South Bay Aqueduct
South Bay Aqueduct
The South Bay Aqueduct is an 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-eastern Alameda County on the California Aqueduct's Bethany Reservoir serving...
. It provides the necessary fluid head (potential energy) for the California Aqueduct
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. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the...
to flow for approximately 95 miles (153 km) to where the Coastal Branch splits from the "main line" approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of Kettleman City. After the coastal branch, the line continues by gravity another 66 miles (106 km) to the Buena Vista Pumping Plant.
Specifications
- Units: 6
- Normal static head: 118 ft (36 m)
- Total flow at design head: 15450 ft3 per second