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<br />r <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />I" <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />,l j, '... 1..-, <br /> <br />F'OREWOR II 7 <br /> <br />Annexation of San Diego County Water Authority was <br />completed in December. <br /> <br />1947 San Diego aqueduct construction completed and first Colo- <br />rado River water released from San Jacinto regulating res- <br />ervoir late in November. <br /> <br />1948 <br /> <br />Construction of the first expansion of the softening and <br />filtration plant was started in February, <br /> <br />Annexation of the West Basin Municipal Water District <br />was completed in July. City of Gardena added in December. <br /> <br />Annexation of Irdne Subdivision Areas and City of New- <br />port Beach to Coastal Municipal Water District com]lleted <br />in November. <br /> <br />Annexation of San Dieguito Irrigation District, Santa Fe <br />Irrigation District, and Crest Public Utility District to San <br />Diego County Water Authority completed in December. <br /> <br />H)49 Construction of the West Basin lateral was started in <br />,Ianuar;'. Contracts were awarded for construction of the <br />San Marino and Victoria Street laterals. <br /> <br />Expansion of the softening and filtration plant was com- <br />pleted in August and the San Marino lateral in October. <br /> <br />1950 The West Basin lateral was completed in March and the <br />Victoria Street lateral in June. <br /> <br />The City of Escondido was annexed to the San Diego <br />County Water Authority and to Metropolitan in October. <br /> <br />Annexation of Pomona Valley Municipal Water District <br />was completed in November. <br /> <br />1951 Annexation of Eastern Municipal Water District was com- <br />pleted in July. <br /> <br />Construction cost to date of the Colorado River aqueduct, <br />including the northerly half of the San Diego aqueduct and <br />half the Parker pow"r plant is approximatdy $206,000,000. <br />