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The '''Inland Feeder''' is a {{convert|44|mi|abbr=on}} high capacity water conveyance system that connects the ] and ]. The ] designed the system to increase ]'s water supply reliability in the face of future weather pattern uncertainties, while minimizing the impact on the ]/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta environment in northern California. The feeder will take advantage of large volumes of water when available from northern California, depositing it in surface storage reservoirs, such as Diamond Valley Lake, and local groundwater basins for use during dry periods and emergencies. The project also will improve the quality of Southern California drinking water by allowing more uniform blending of better quality water from the state project with Colorado River supplies, which have a higher mineral content.<ref name="mwd2007" />

== Geography ==
The feeder begins at the Devil Canyon afterbay in the foothills of ] and ends at the Colorado River Aqueduct near ].

== Construction ==
=== Arrowhead East and West Tunnels ===
=== Riverside Badlands Tunnel ===





The '''Inland Feeder Project''' (IFP) encompassed the construction of nearly {{convert|44|mi}} of large-diameter pipelines and tunnels stretching from the foothills of the ] to the ] in the ], in the vicinity of the Cities of ] and ]. The ] (MWD) developed the project in order to “improve water quality and reliability for Southern Californians.” <ref>Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 2007, “Inland Feeder Project…At A Glance.” http://www.mwdh2o.com/mwdh2o/pages/yourwater/supply/inlandfdr01.html</ref> The '''Inland Feeder Project''' (IFP) encompassed the construction of nearly {{convert|44|mi}} of large-diameter pipelines and tunnels stretching from the foothills of the ] to the ] in the ], in the vicinity of the Cities of ] and ]. The ] (MWD) developed the project in order to “improve water quality and reliability for Southern Californians.” <ref>Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 2007, “Inland Feeder Project…At A Glance.” http://www.mwdh2o.com/mwdh2o/pages/yourwater/supply/inlandfdr01.html</ref>

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Bridge
Inland Feeder
BeginsSilverwood Lake
EndsDiamond Valley Lake
Maintained byMetropolitan Water District of Southern California
Characteristics
Total length44 mi (71 km)
Capacity1,000 cu ft/s (28 m/s)
References

The Inland Feeder is a 44 mi (71 km) high capacity water conveyance system that connects the [[California State Water Project to the Colorado River Aqueduct and Diamond Valley Lake. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California designed the system to increase Southern California's water supply reliability in the face of future weather pattern uncertainties, while minimizing the impact on the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta environment in northern California. The feeder will take advantage of large volumes of water when available from northern California, depositing it in surface storage reservoirs, such as Diamond Valley Lake, and local groundwater basins for use during dry periods and emergencies. The project also will improve the quality of Southern California drinking water by allowing more uniform blending of better quality water from the state project with Colorado River supplies, which have a higher mineral content.

Geography

The feeder begins at the Devil Canyon afterbay in the foothills of San Bernardino and ends at the Colorado River Aqueduct near San Jacinto.

Construction

Arrowhead East and West Tunnels

Riverside Badlands Tunnel

The Inland Feeder Project (IFP) encompassed the construction of nearly 44 miles (71 km) of large-diameter pipelines and tunnels stretching from the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains to the Colorado River Aqueduct in the Riverside County, in the vicinity of the Cities of San Jacinto and Hemet, California. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) developed the project in order to “improve water quality and reliability for Southern Californians.”

Specifically, the high-capacity water delivery system was designed to increase Southern California's water supply reliability in the face of future weather pattern uncertainties, particularly drought, while minimizing the impact on the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta which is the source of the water conveyed through the Inland Feeder. Fed by water from Lake Silverwood in San Bernardino County, water moves by gravity though the IFP from the San Bernardino Mountains to San Jacinto, where it will connect to an existing pipeline that feeds into Diamond Valley Lake, a massive man-made reservoir..

Normally, rainfall flows through the Sacramento Delta and ultimately drains into the Pacific Ocean. Without adequate storage capacity and conveyance systems, the excess supply generated when it rains in Northern California cannot be captured for use.

As part of the State Water Project, the massive IFP takes advantage of the large volumes of water available from northern California that results from winter snowpack runoff into rivers out of the western Sierra Nevada Mountain Range that forms the backbone of California. The conveyed water is deposited in surface storage reservoirs, such as Diamond Valley Lake, and local groundwater basins for use during dry periods and emergencies. The project is also designed to improve the quality of Southern California’s drinking water by allowing more uniform blending of better quality water from the State Water Project with Colorado River supplies, which have a higher mineral content.

The Metropolitan Water District has projected the project to cost approximately $1.2 billion, with an estimated completion date of 2007. The IFP terminates at Diamond Valley Lake, a reservoir constructed southwest of the city of Hemet, California. In addition to many miles of pipeline, the IFP includes three large tunnel sections in Southern California:

Easternmost in the IFP, the Arrowhead East Tunnel Project includes 1,500 linear feet of 12-foot-diameter (3.7 m) welded steel pipe installed in a trench connected to a 30,000-foot tunnel through the San Bernardino Mountains. The tunnel lies up to 2,000 feet (610 m) below ground in some locations. This tunnel is linked into the California Aqueduct, which conveys water from Northern California as part of the State Water Project. (citation needed)

The Arrowhead West Tunnel involved the construction of a 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) tunnel 21,175 feet (6,454 m) long connected with 6,630 feet (2,020 m) of buried pipeline. The tunnel generally runs along Old Waterman Canyon Road and State Highway 18 in San Bernardino County, California. Seismic faults crossed by the tunnel include the Arrowhead Springs Fault, near the North Branch of the San Andreas Fault.

At nearly 8 miles (13 km) long, the Riverside Badlands Tunnel is the longest tunnel segment in the system. The tunnel has a finished diameter of 12 feet (3.7 m) and includes 1,500 feet (460 m) of pipeline of similar diameter. The average tunnel depth is between 200 and 300 feet (61 and 91 m), although part of the tunnel reaches 500 feet (150 m). The tunnel crosses several fault zones and also runs below the area’s groundwater table. Constructed between Redlands and Moreno Valley, California, and completed in 2003 at a cost of $119 million, the 4.8-meter diameter tunnel bored through hard rock using a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)

Geological issues such as fault zones and water table depths ended up adding to the length of time needed for construction, as did several natural disasters. In 2003, the Old Fire caused damage to construction site, which was further damaged by subsequent flooding in late 2003. Legal issues over water rights and also geotechnical issues arising from traversing earthquake fault zones also added to the delays. According to the Metropolitan Water District, around 2002 a “bolt and gasket system similar to that used on the Chunnel that connects England to France” was employed to reinforce concrete tunnel segments where water was leaking into the site. Delays notwithstanding, on August 17, 2008, the tunnel-boring process was completed with much fanfare. Completion of the tunnel infrastructure and the rest of the IFP is slated for late 2010.

Notes

  1. ^ "Inland Feeder Project... at a glance". Metropolitan Water District. July 19, 2007. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  2. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 2007, “Inland Feeder Project…At A Glance.” http://www.mwdh2o.com/mwdh2o/pages/yourwater/supply/inlandfdr01.html
  3. MWD, 2007. http://www.mwdh2o.com/mwdh2o/pages/yourwater/supply/inlandfdr01.html
  4. MWD, 2007
  5. Brennan, Pat. “Machine Grinds Path For Water Through Mountain,” Orange County Register, Aug. 20, 2008. http://www.ocregister.com/news/water-195364-california-project.html
  6. MWD, 2007
  7. MWD, 2007
  8. MWD, 2007. http://www.mwdh2o.com/mwdh2o/pages/yourwater/supply/inlandfdr01.html
  9. EPC, 2007. http://www.epcconsultants.com/Inland%20Feeder.html
  10. (EPC, 2007). http://www.epcconsultants.com/Inland%20Feeder.html
  11. EPC, 2007. http://www.epcconsultants.com/Inland%20Feeder.html
  12. Brennan, 2008.
  13. http://www.tunnels.mottmac.com/projects/?mode=type&id=3366
  14. Bowles, Jennifer. “Tunnel Adding Key Link to MWD’s Inland Feeder Water Project.” Press-Enterprise, Aug. 20, 2008 http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_tunnel20.495b60a.html
  15. Bowles, 2008
  16. Brennan, 2008.
  17. MWD, 2007.
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