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<br />;~~ :; C 3 <br />~\ .. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />METROPOLITAN WATER DISTIUCT <br /> <br />'.' <br /> <br />u~(} of (/u!o}'ar!u ftivC/' "/{'olcr <br />Delivery of natural Colorado River water to the U. S. Army for <br />use at Camp Haan and March Air Force Base increased 7.6 per cent <br />to 1,013.7 acre-feet for the fiscal year. Delivel'Y of softened watet. <br />from the Ol'ange County feeder to the D. S. Marine Corps at EI '1'01'0, <br />begun in June 1951, totaled 1,329.8 acre-feet. <br />Surplus water was delivered under contl'act to the Ol'ange County <br />Flood Control District at the Santa Ana River in a totalljuantity of <br />25,000 aCl'e-feet. Also undel' contract 14,177.4 aCl'e-feet were deliv- <br />ered to the Orange County Water Distl'ict. <br />Drouth conditions of the last seven yeal'S Wel'e alleviated by the <br />plentiful rainfall of the past season, particularly in San Diego County <br />where virtually empty storage reservoirs were replenished to about <br />46 pel' cent of their norma] capacity. Conseqllently delivery from <br />San Jacinto reservoir to the San Diego aqueduct decl'eased 15.2 pel' <br />cent to 62,6,38.5 acre-feet. <br />Constituents drawing more than one-third of their water supply <br />from the Colorado River wel'e: Anaheim 83.7 pel' cent, Coastal <br />Municipal Water DistJ'ict 51. Fullerton 57.9, Long Beach 41.9, Pasa- <br />dena 51.1, San Diego County Water Authority 61.5, Sauta Ana 88.8, <br />Santa Monica 95.4, and Torrance 57.9. <br />Sales of Colorado River water are shown in table 11 and water <br />pl'oduction of the constituent areas in tahle 12. <br />The maximum monthly delivery of Colol'ado River water in the <br />coastal area was 468 cubic feet pel' second, or 302,000,000 gallons <br />pel' day, in August 1951, and the minimum was 142 cubic feet pel' <br />'Second, 01' 92,,000,000 gallons pel' day, in May 1952. <br />Total production of all District constituents fl'om all sources <br />averaged 1,109 cubic feet pel' second, or 717 million gallons pel' day. <br />Based on an estimated average poplllation of 3,860,000, the daily <br />rate of production pel' person is approximately 186 gallons. <br /> <br />COllstruction <br /> <br />To satisfy the Colorado Rivel' water reqllirements of District <br />consumers in the years just ahead, it has been essential to set under <br />way during the year the installation of additional motors, pumps <br />and apPul'tenant worh to increase the delivery capacity of the five <br />a(jueduct ]lumping plants. Likewise, it was ne<:essary to design and <br />launch the constl'uction of extensions and enlargements to the aque- <br />duct's distribution facilities. This pl'ogram, which has been placed <br />under way, includes engineel'ing and bllilding operations that will <br />