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19 OD2255 The east side San Joaquin Valley areas are very conscious of their existing and increasing needs for additional water. They will be alert, particularly to any plan which proposes increased exportation of water from the Central Valley Basin unless that plan also includes service to the San Joaquin Valley areas. . As an integral part of this plan of development, therefore, an additional 3,000 c.f.s. increment would be added to bring an additional new supply of 1,400,000 acre-feet to the east side of San Joaquin Valley. This would include conveyance through the California Aqueduct to Wheeler Ridge Pumping Plant, and from that location through the new canal to Tule River. In addition, off- stream reservoirs at Hungry Hollow site on Deer Creek, and Owens Mountain site on Little Dry Creek would be included for storage. Estimated capital cost of the additional facilities proposed for east side service is $375,000,000 (reconnaissance). Annual OM&R costs are estimated at $1,450,000. Estimated costs of pump- ing the water for serving East Side San Joaquin Valley areas are $9,400,000. Subsequent early authorization of additional works would be required to provide increased East Side Division service through facilities on the east side of San Joaquin Valley from the Delta to connect at Tule River with the features proposed under this plan. The transfer of additional water of a high quality through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will require modification of the present channel s which were constructed as part, of the extensive levee system to protect the low elevation Delta lands from flood- ing. To accomplish this the Bureau of Reclamation has proposed that a new channel around the periphery of the Delta will provide the highest possible water quality--total dissolved solids will average less than 200 parts per million. In addition, the channel will provide maximum prot~ction to the large resident and anadro- mous fisheries that use the present Delta channels. . The estimated capital cost of the Delta Peripheral Canal is $70,000,000 with an annual OM&R, including power for pumping, of $800,000. This facility should be authorized for Federal construc- tion, with appropriate financial participation by the State of California. Further development of water in the Central Valley Basin and increased diversions from the Delta, either for use in southern California or within the Central Valley, also expands the urgency for the Kellog Unit to offset adverse effects which may occur to water supplies relied upon by Contra Costa County. These facilities