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t- -. " ,'-, tai'w..,/J FOR!:WORll 7 1930 District took over all engineering and other work and rec- ords from the Bureau of Water Works and Supply of the City of Los Angeles and paid in full all preliminary expenses of the cit)', District contracted with the United States for storage of water and for 36 per cent of the power generated at Hoover Dam, 1931 Four cities joined the District and two withdrew. A construction bond issue of $220,000,000 was approved b)' District electors on September 29. 1932 December. First block of construction bonds sold to Re- construction Finance Corporation, Construction work was started in the last week of the year. 1941 First delivery of softened Colorado River water made June 17 to Pasadena. Initial stage of Colorado River aqueduct construction completed July 31. The District changed from a construc- tion to an operation and maintcnnllce basis August 1. Availability of CulOl'ado River water for an)' demand guaranteed security from wate.r shortage to every con- stituent area of the Metropolitan Water District. Emergency guarding of aqueduct features instituted im- mediately after Pearl Harbor, December 7. -- - -- 1942 A supply of water in the Colorado River aqueduct made possible the training by the United States Army of great numbers of soldiers and airmen in open desert regions of Southern California. Annexation of Coastal Municipal Water District was com- pleted in June. Certainty of an ample water supply was a determining factor in the location of synthetic rubber plants and an iron blast furnace and steel mill in this coastal basin. Unused District power at Hoover Dam was made available to near-by huge metallurgical plant for production of mag- nesium to satisfy wartime demands.