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<br />I <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />I <br />~ <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />j <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1941 <br /> <br />c.'" f' ~~- <br />c.1.;l>J.J <br /> <br />FOREWORD <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />First delivery of softened Colorado River water made June <br />17 to Pasadena, <br />Initial stage of Colorado River aqueduct construction, <br />completed July 31. The District changed from a construc- <br />tion to an operation and maintenance basis August l. <br /> <br />Availability of Colorado River water for any demand <br />guaranteed security from water shortage to every con- <br />stituent area of the Metropolitan Water District. <br /> <br />Emergency guarding of aqueduct features instituted im- <br />mediately after Pearl Harbor, December 7. <br /> <br />A supply of water in the Colorado River aqueduct made <br />possible the tt'aining by the United States Army of great <br />numbers of soldiers and airmen in open desert regions of <br />Southern California. <br /> <br />Annexation of Coasta1ll1unicipal Water District was com- <br />pleted in June. <br /> <br />Certainty of an ample water supply was a determining <br />factor in the location of synthetic rubber plants and an iron <br />blast furnace amI steel mill in this coastal basin. <br /> <br />Unused District power at Hoover Dam was made available <br />to near-by huge metallurgical plant for production of mag- <br />nesium to satisfy wartime demands, <br /> <br />1943 Construction of pipe line and reservoir to deliver Colorado <br />River water to Coastal Municipal Water District was begun <br />in Jannary. <br /> <br />1942 <br /> <br />Fourth and final generating unit in Parker power plant <br />started regular operation in May. <br /> <br />1944 Coastal pipe line and reservoir completed. First delivery <br />of Colorado River water to Laguna Beach Febrnary 22. <br /> <br />In December President Roosevelt approved an emergency <br />appropriation for construction of an aqueduct from the west <br />portal of San Jacinto tunnel to San Vicente reservoir of the <br />San Diego water system. <br /> <br />1945 On April 4 bids for construction of three tunnels, being <br />a portion of the S.m Diego aqueduct, were opened in the San <br />Diego office of the D.S, Eleventh Naval District. Contract <br />