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<br />, Ou2~~'3-' <br />. . .' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />is 2,100,000 acre-feet. Estimated 1990 demand for water from <br />the San Joaquin Valley-Southern California Aqueduct is in the <br />order of 3,500,000 acre-feet. <br />The purpose of the San Joaquin Valley drainage <br />facilities is to alleviate the already serious drainage problems <br /> <br />which exist in portions of the valley and prevent their aggrava- <br />tion by the increased water use which will follow implementation <br />of plans of the State and the Bureau of Reclamation. Planning <br />of the drainage system is not yet complete, but based on <br />preliminary studies, initial facilities will consist of a <br />master canal about 175 miles long from Kings River near Stratford <br />to the Delta near Antioch, and an intake canal in Tulare Lake <br />bed connected to the master canal by pumping plant and short <br />pipe line. <br /> <br />Funds previously appropriated by the Legislature to <br />the Department of Water Resources from the California Water <br /> <br />Fund which has been in existence for several years, have been <br /> <br /> <br />utilized for purchase of right of way, and start of construc- <br /> <br />tion on facilities specified by the legislature. Frenchman <br />dam and relocation of the Western Pacific Railroad and High- <br />way 40 Alternate around Oroville Reservoir are well along <br />toward completion and the South Bay Aqueduct is under construction. <br />Federal legislation authorizing joint use of San Luis <br />Reservoir requires that an agreement between California and the <br />United States must be signed prior to January 1, 1962. Agree- <br />ment in principal has been reached and the required design <br />details are being studied jointly. Some money has been advanced <br />by the State for preconstruction work by the Bureau of Reclamatl(Jd <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />,-li_;,;:;,,} <br />