The SWP is a water storage and delivery system extending more than 700 miles, two-thirds the length of California. According to a map from the DWR, the SWP is made up of five field divisions.

The cuts come despite the spotlight on California's water policy from the Trump administration in the wake of the Los Angeles area wildfires. Read more about that here. In their letter dated about ...

which take place every day from several small dams mostly on behalf of neighboring agricultural water districts. Environmental groups argue that these diversions violate California’s public trust ...