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<br />, <br /> <br />-: BeG <br />8" <br /> <br />METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT <br /> <br />was awarded in May by U. S. Navy, Bureau of Yards and <br />Docks, but construction was deferred because of acute short- <br />age of labor and materials. <br /> <br />1946 Construction in progress on all features of the San Diego <br />aqueduct. <br /> <br />The City of Brea and Fairview Farms (an unincorporated <br />area) were annexed to Coastal Municipal Water District. <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 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 Irvine Subdivision Areas and City of New- <br />port Beach to Coastal Municipal Water District completed <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 Count.y Wat.er Authority completed in December. <br /> <br />1949 Construction of West Basin lat.eral was started in January <br />and cont.racts were awarded for construction of the San Ma- <br />rino and Victoria Street laterals. <br /> <br />Net construction cost. t.o date of Ihe Colorado River <br />aqueduct, including the northerly half of the San Diego <br />aqueduct and half the power plant at Parker Dam, is <br />approximately $203,000,000. <br /> <br />'I <br />