Friant-Kern Canal

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The Friant-Kern Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s San Joaquin Valley that delivers diverted San Joaquin River water to farms and communities across the southern Central Valley.

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Friant-Kern Canal canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf irrigation canal
water conveyance canal
affectedBy groundwater overdraft in San Joaquin Valley
land subsidence
associatedWith Friant Water Authority
connectsTo Madera Canal via Friant Dam system
constructionStartDate 1940s
country United States
divertsWaterFrom San Joaquin River
endPoint Kern River channel vicinity
linked to: Kern River

near Bakersfield, California
hasEnvironmentalImpact alters natural flow regime of San Joaquin River
hasFunction conveys stored water from Millerton Lake
reduces direct irrigation diversions from San Joaquin River mainstem
hasInfrastructureType gravity-flow canal
lined canal
length approximately 152 miles
locatedIn California
San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley hydrologic region
linked to: San Joaquin Valley

San Joaquin Valley, California
linked to: San Joaquin Valley

southern Central Valley
managedInPartBy Friant Water Authority
managingAgency U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
nearbyCity Bakersfield, California
linked to: Bakersfield

Fresno, California
linked to: Fresno

Visalia, California
openingDate early 1950s
operator U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
partOf Central Valley Project
Friant Division of the Central Valley Project
purpose industrial water supply
irrigation water delivery
municipal water supply
regionServed Fresno County
Kern County
Tulare County
southern San Joaquin Valley
linked to: San Joaquin Valley
servesUse agricultural irrigation
municipal and industrial use
startPoint Friant Dam
near Friant, California
suppliesWaterTo communities in southern Central Valley
farms in southern San Joaquin Valley
underwent capacity restoration projects
waterProject Central Valley Project, Friant Division
waterSource Millerton Lake
San Joaquin River

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Central Valley Project includes Friant-Kern Canal
Delta-Mendota Canal relatedInfrastructure Friant-Kern Canal
Friant Dam suppliesWaterTo Friant-Kern Canal
San Joaquin Valley servedBy Friant-Kern Canal
Millerton Lake suppliesWaterTo Friant-Kern Canal