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<br />The Coachella Valle~ County
<br />Waler District IS located west
<br />and nonh ot Ihe Sallon Sea In
<br />Callfornla More than 135,OCO of
<br />ItS 620,OXl acres could be
<br />Irr,gatad Irom tha 12J..mile
<br />Coachella B'anCh of the All
<br />Amencan Canal The'e are
<br />presently 70JXlOacres under
<br />1((19atlon, Raymond R
<br />Rummonds. Voce PreSldenl ot lha
<br />COIlchella D,slrocfs Board 01
<br />Directors. lepresents tha D,slrlct
<br />on the ColOlado R,var Board and
<br />IS ItS Chairman as ...all ase.
<br />OHICIO COlorado R,ver
<br />COmmiSSioner ot California
<br />The Coachella Branch of the
<br />All Amancan Canal brings vttal
<br />Colorado Rival water 10 Ihe
<br />fertllevallay. The onveslment 01
<br />the DIStrlCl In works dependant
<br />upon the wate' 01 the Colorado
<br />River system totals llppro.'malel~
<br />$34 mIllion.
<br />PrinCipal agricultural products
<br />of the Coachellll Valley are
<br />dlltes. grapelrUtI. grapes,
<br />vegetables. alfalfa. COIlOn and
<br />gra1n which m 1973 had a value
<br />01 S67.230,0Xl llveSlock values
<br />from feeding operallons during
<br />the same penOd appro.,mated
<br />S14 mlll'on. In 1973, Ihe per acre
<br />crop value e_ceedad S1,240
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<br />Board Chairman
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<br />Impenallrrogallon Dlstnc!. m
<br />the soulheast corner Of tha slala.
<br />IS lOcated In Impenel COunt~,
<br />whIch IS bordered by Me.,co on
<br />the south and by the Colorado
<br />River on the easl The gross
<br />acreage w'thln the D'Slflct
<br />ooundanes IS 1.062.290. of whiCh
<br />500.036 acres now receive w,lIer.
<br />making Ihe 110 the largeSl
<br />Im9allon plOlecl on Ihe western
<br />hemisphere II IS represenled on
<br />the Colorl!ldO River Board by Carl
<br />C Bevons. presldenl of Ihe
<br />District Board of DlreClOrs
<br />Theoo-mile-long AJIAmerlcan
<br />Canal delivers water to Ihe
<br />D'stllcl from Ihe Colorado R,ver,
<br />LtS sole source Of waler lor
<br />aQrocultural. mdustrlal and
<br />domestiC purposes Tha canilL
<br />placed In service In 1942,
<br />replaCed the old Alamo Canal
<br />whiCh traveled much Of Its
<br />distance through Me.,co, The
<br />District maIntains more than
<br />3.2OJ miles of canals and draons
<br />In 1973.lmpe"al Vallay, known
<br />es the 'Wonte, Garden of
<br />Amenca," produced crops ""th a
<br />gross value of $489 million. The
<br />livestOCk and daor~ JIldustry alone
<br />showed a gross value m e.cess
<br />of 5190 million Impeflat Valley
<br />callie-feeding operations a,e Ihe
<br />largest In the world The All
<br />American Canal Mas mede
<br />poss1ble the prodUCtion, In large
<br />quantity. 01 hlgh..quahly Wtmer
<br />and early spring vegetables a"d
<br />trults Nineteen crops e.ceed a
<br />milliOn dollars a year. !'leaded b~
<br />lelluce. alfalfa. sugar beels.
<br />cotton lint and wheal
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<br />Carl C. Bevins
<br />Board Member
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<br />The Los Angeles City
<br />Depanment 01 Wale' and Power
<br />supplies WOller and electric
<br />service to nearly 3.ooo.co:J
<br />resldentsoflhethlrdlargeslclly
<br />JIl the US The Department's
<br />assets ill 1973 wele S23 billion,
<br />makong It the nallO"'S largest
<br />muniCipal waler and power
<br />utlhtysyslem Ilsrepresenlallve
<br />on Ihe Colorado R'ver Board IS
<br />Roben V Phillips, General
<br />Manager and ChIef Engineer Of
<br />the Department
<br />The cit~ Impolts appro.,malely
<br />80 per cent 01 Its waler suppl~
<br />through lhe Owens Valley
<br />AQueducl S~Slem ThiS system
<br />has been In Opelallon S1f1ce 1913
<br />and Ihe S~Slem capaClt~ was
<br />iIlcreased b~ nearlv 50 per cent
<br />by the completion of a second
<br />aqueduct In 1970 The Clt~ 's one
<br />of the o"gll1al member Cllles 01
<br />the Metropolitan Waler D,strict
<br />and receives COlorado River
<br />waler lhrough the COlorado
<br />River Aqueduct Water use ill
<br />Los Angeles m1973 averaged 511
<br />million gallons a da~. With a per
<br />cap,ta use 01 117 gallons dally
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<br />Board Member
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<br />The Metropolitan Water
<br />DiStrict 01 Southern Callforllla
<br />bu.11 and operates the
<br />242.mll&long COlorado River
<br />Aqueduct which has been
<br />delivering more than !JJCX},OCO
<br />acre-feet of waler trom the river
<br />annually to the coastal plain 01
<br />Southern Cal,lornle The District
<br />has also begun to dJsulbule
<br />Initial quant111es of the more than
<br />2.0Cl0.0Cl0 acre-feet 01 water lrom
<br />Northern California that It Will
<br />ultimately obtain from the Slate
<br />Water PrOlect. The D,stnct 's
<br />represented on the COloradO
<br />River Board by Joseph Jensen.
<br />Chaorman of Ihe D,stnct's BOard
<br />of Directors
<br />The coastal plain service area
<br />of the D,stnct covers 49(() square
<br />miles, With a populalion of more
<br />than 10.co:J,OClOand an assessed
<br />valuallon 01 more Ihan $31
<br />billion To deliver nonhern wate,
<br />to ItS member agenCies. the
<br />D,stnct IS 8Kpanding ItS faClhtles
<br />al 8 cost 01 more than one
<br />billion dollars. It has an
<br />Investmenl of more lhan s!iO)
<br />million In ItS ColoradO Rrver
<br />Aqueduct and Its distribution
<br />system.
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