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Chapter 8;
Water From the North
array of local
water supply projects to reduce
reliance on i
mported water. The BDCP process
is expected to conclude in 2013. Whatever
the outcome, the fate of the Bay-Delta will influ-
ence the state’s water policies and politics for
the foreseeable future.
RELIANCE ON AFAR
Since the State Water Project supplemented
water supplies from the Colorado River, San
Diego County now relied on i
mported water for
75 to 90 percent of its total supply. This ratio
represents a big shift from the 1920s when
people thought that local
water from the coun-
ty’s own watersheds could meet the needs of
any city that
might ever grow there.
The California Aqueduct