Project details - BCP - Coachella Canal Rehabilitation and Betterment

Project Water Quality

Facilities in Operation

Canal Rehabilitation

Total canal length operated by CVWD:	123 mi
Length of lined canal	86 mi
Length of unlined canal	37 mi
Distribution system	Underground concrete pipe size varies from 1 to 7 ft diameter
Total length	495 mi
Pumping Plants	22
Drains:
Open	27 mi
Closed	95 mi
Regulating reservoir	1
Automatic traveling debris screens1	10 units
Central control headquarters building	1
Telemetering control	Microwave and UHF circuits linking the panel in the headquarters building with more than 150 responsive stations including the 10-bank automatic debris screens

15 constructed under the Rehabilitation & Betterment Program

Coachella Canal Terminal Reservoir

Lake Cahuilla

Type:	Earthen dike impoundment
Location	In Riverside County California near the Santa Rosa Mountains, about 8 miles from Indio on the west side of Coachella Valley
Construction period	1968-1969
Structural height	18.6 ft
Top width	100 ft
Maximum base width	193 ft
Crest length	6,276 ft
Crest elevation	4.0 ft
Shoreline	5.25 mi
Slope (shore side)	2:1
Slope (lake side)	3:01
Reservoir lining	Soil cement
Reservoir Capacity	1,300 acre-ft

Dike No. 2

Type:	Earthen dike
Location	Southwesterly end of Lake Cahuilla between Avenue 58 and Coral Reef near Avenue 59
Construction period	1967-1968
Structural height	20 ft
Top width	20 ft
Maximum base width	100 ft
Crest length	5,128 ft
Crest elevation	30.0 ft
Slope	2:01

Dike No. 4

Type:	Earthen dike
Location	From Coral Reef to Avenue 66 near Martinez Canyon west of the terminus of Avenue 66
Construction period	1967-1968
Structural height	30 ft
Top width	20 ft
Maximum base width	140 ft
Crest length	18,480 ft
Crest elevation	26.0 ft
Slope	2:1

Storage Facilities

Carriage Facilities

Pumping Plants

Last updated: Jan 30, 2012