All-American Canal

The All-American Canal System, located in the southeastern corner of California, consists of the Imperial Diversion Dam and Desilting Works, the 80-mile-long All-American Canal, the 123-mile-long Coachella Canal, and appurtenant structures. The system has the capacity, through water diversions from the Colorado River at Imperial Dam, to provide irrigation water for nearly 600,000 acres of land in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys. No power is developed on the system by the Federal Government. The Imperial Irrigation District (IID), which operates the All-American Canal, has constructed small hydroelectric power plants at several locations along the canal to provide electricity throughout the IID service area.