About the Canal The Folsom South Canal was constructed in the 1970s as part of the Auburn-Folsom South Unit of the Central Valley Project. It originates at Lake Natoma, an afterbay of the Folsom Dam. The canal was planned to be constructed in five reaches for a total length of 68.8 miles. Its intended termination was about 20 miles south east of the City of Stockton. Only the first two reaches were built, a total length of 26.6 miles. The concrete-lined canal has a capacity of 3,500 cubic feet per second for the first two reaches. The canal has a bottom width of 34 feet and the maximum water depth is 17.8 feet. The canal is owned and operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.		Dr. Beverly Scott from RT on a station "right on the water front"     Mike McKeever from SACOG on the exciting potential of the canal     Larry Greene from Sac.AQMD sees the canal as a core asset