Water flows to Southern California through three large aqueducts
Southern California relies on water imported from hundreds miles away via extraordinary engineering feats. The California Aqueduct, for instance, pumps water 1,926 feet over the Tehachapi Mountains.
A map showing the California aqueduct stretching from the San Francisco Bay Area to LA, the Los Angeles Aqueduct bringing water from the mountains, and the Colorado River Aqueduct that brings water in from Arizona.