Bear River System

The Bear River System provides the primary supply of water to Placer County (the Deer Creek System provides water to Nevada County).

The system is comprised of 86 canals that provide service to 3, 680 raw water customers and more than 5,074 treated water customers.

Diversions 87,500 Acre- Feet in 2019
3,083 Summer Water Customers.
597 Winter Water Customers
Supports two Potable Water Treatment Plants
Supplies 5,074 Treated Water Connections
Population >15,000

May contain: chart, plot, map, atlas, diagram, nature, and outdoors

BEAR RIVER SYSTEM

Combie Reservoir
Forbes Canal
Valley View Reservoir
Renken Lateral
Kilaga Springs Canal
Combie Phase I Canal
Bogdanoff Canal
Nicklas Canal
Camp Far West Canal Extension
Livingston Canal
Magnolia III Canal
Reilli Canal
Magnolia ill Reservoir
Combie Ophir II Canal

May contain: plant, vegetation, land, nature, outdoors, tree, woodland, bridge, and road — Bear River Siphon

Iron Canyon Canal
Magnolia III Canal Extension
Pickett Canal
Thomas Canal
Lake of the Pines Treatment Plant
Beck Canal
Stringham Canal
Pickett Reservoir
Combie Phase II & III Canal
Pickett North Canal
Ophir Canal
Magnolia I Canal
Pickett South Canal

May contain: ditch, outdoors, creek, nature, stream, water, and soil — Lone Star Canal

Kemper Canal
Weeks Canal
North Auburn Treatment Plant
Kemper East Canal
Magnolia II South Canal
Rock Creek/Gold Hill I Bypass
Kemper West Canal
Magnolia II North Canal
Canal Bean Cullers Canal
Markwell Canal
Wolf Hannaman Canal
Combie Ophir III Canal
Edgewood Canal
Sanford Struckman Canal
Columbia East Edgewood Reservoir
Columbia West Edgewood Canal
Combie Ophir I Canal
Lone Star Canal
Auburn Ravine Canal I
Ruud Canal
Combie Ophir IV Canal

May contain: nature, outdoors, pond, water, canal, handrail, land, and ditch — Auburn Ravine

Chevalier Pipe Rainey Canals
Vernon Canal
Auburn Ravine Canal II
Oest Canal
Rohr-Shanley Pipe
Lincoln Canal
Willits Canal
Herkomer Pipe
Musser Canal
Dudley Canal
Markell Canal
Orr/Coon Creek
Natural Gold Blossom Canal
Fruitvale Canal
Orr Creek Reservoir

May contain: nature, outdoors, pond, water, reservoir, lake, and scenery — Orr Creek

St. Patrick's Canal
Sohier Ahart Canal
Gold Hill I
Little Ophir Canal
Hayt Canal Extension
Hymas Canal
Doty Canal
Camp Far West Canal
Doty South Canal Lateral 5 Canal
Gold Hill II Canal
Doty North Canal
Lateral 4 Canal
Deadman's Ravine Natural Comstock Gladding Canal
Lateral 2 Canal
Whiskey Diggins Canal
Clark Jorstad Lateral 1 Canal
Old Whiskey Diggins Canal
Wiswell Gladding Canal
Valley View Canal

Fiddler Green System Diversion

Auburn Ravine System Diversion

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