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Carriage water is the additional flow, added to Delta outflow, that is needed to carry a unit of water through the Delta to the south of Delta diversion facility in order to maintain salinity requirements.

DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: Delta Conveyance Project update
DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Fish and aquatic species analysis
Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 2: The agency view
Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 1: The basics
Delta challenges workshop, part 2: Water supply reliability and its challenges

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SJV WATER: Madera County farmland conversion program gets underway with $10 million in state funds

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