WSP11356 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

,~!"'09 ..J" '-..J .. 28 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT Los Angeles, Long Beach, Torrance, Compton and the West Basin _ I District. The Santa Monica branch extends in a westerly and southwest- erly direction from the Eagle Rock tower 24.5 miles to connect with the Santa Monica water system at its Arcadia reservoir. Along this pipe line there are two connections to the Glendale system, three to the Burbank system, including a short lateral in Kenneth Road, two to the Los Angeles city system, one to Beverly Hills, and one to Santa Monica. Sllll nir:{Jo aql/crlJ/d In addition to the uppel' feeder and its branches, the distribution system includes the northerly half of the San Diego aqueduct sup- plying untreated water to the constituents of San Diego County Water Authority. Under the terms of annexation, the District agreed to assume payment of one-half the cost of the line over a period of :30 years, and to take over the operation and maintenance of the northerly half of the system. The District portion of the line extends 36.3 miles southerly from the west portal of San Jacinto tunnel to a point near the north end of the San Luis Rey River steel siphon in San Diego County. This portion includes 34.8 miles of pl"ecast concrete pipe varying fl'om 48 to 96 inches in diameter, a six-foot tunnel 0.9 mile in length, and the San Jacinto regulating reservoir with a usable capacity of 1,400 acre-feet. Ct0/8!rlfdio}/ of fh{: di...trifntfil)/1 :.;ysfcl1I The construction of the distribution system to serve the original constituents of the District was completed in July 1941. After the annexation of Coastai Municipal Water Distriet in June 1942, the 1 Orange County feeder was extended from Santa Ana to the Coast Highway at Corona del Mar being completed in February 1944. A 700-foot lateral was constructed to sen'e the City of Brea, which was annexed to the Coastal District in September 1946. Construc- tion of the San Diego atlueduct from the west portal of San Jacinto tunnel to San Vicente reservoir in San Diego County was completed by the U. S. Navy in November 1947. The San Marino lateral, about one mile in length, was completed in October 1949: the 6.8-mile West Basin lateral in April 1950 to serve the West Basin Municipal Water District; the 2.8-mile Victoria Street lateral in June 1950, to provide new connections for Long Beach and Compton; and the Eagle Rock connection for the City of Los Angeles in April 1952.