A tour bus filled with water experts, agency directors, biologists, engineers and one news reporter traveled through the Central Valley this spring, stopping at key infrastructure sites where the San Joaquin Valley’s water is collected and shipped to farms and cities. The tour offered a wealth of information on water structures and districts covering about 20,000 square miles of the southern valley. The three-day tour was put on by the Water Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides information and education on California’s byzantine water world, from April 23 – 25. Starting in Sacramento, the tour moved south to the San Luis Reservoir, which stores water for both the state and federal systems. Along the way, water managers and experts shared crucial information about how the systems operate.