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<br /> <br /> <br />Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California System Map <br /> <br />~', <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />As population continued to grow and more <br />water was needed, Southern California <br />turned to the Colorado River. <br /> <br />MWD = Metropolitan Water <br />District of Southern California <br /> <br />14 CALIfORNIA WATER <br /> <br />Nevada <br /> <br />~ <br />. . <br />~hl." FOIITMlIJA14 <br />INDIAN <br />RESffiVATlON <br />/ <br />, "-",,,-.,/ . <br />i!~, _" , <br />,!;~Jr_ _....:"(. <br />~, <br />...~ <br /> <br />California <br /> <br />-, <br />M.~ <br />~,~ <br /> <br />Arizona <br /> <br />~.- <br />.,.- <br /> <br />- <br />-~, <br />- <br /> <br />inches annually, but tbis rate decreases toward the ocean to only 15 <br />inches at Los Angeles and about 10 incbes at the beaches.19 <br /> <br />Three legislative enactments and three contracts were required <br />to implement the Colorado River project. The legislative enactments <br />were the Colorado River Compact, the Metropolitan Water District <br />Act, and the Boulder Canyon Project Act. Secondly, there were con- <br />tracts between The Metropolitan Water District and the United States <br />for power and water, and finally the Seven Party Agreement between <br />the members of the "agricultural group" and those of the "city group" <br />for the allocation of California's rights to Colorado River water. <br />The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MVvD) <br />was organized as a public corporation on December 6, 1928, pur- <br />suant to the Metropolitan Water District Act, wbich is found in the <br />California Water Code Appendix, page 109-1. The Act provided a <br />means for cities and other governmental subdivisions to join together <br />to develop a water supply. As of 1938, the members were the cities <br />of Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Compton, Fullerton, Glendale, <br />Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Marino, Santa Ana, Santa <br />Monica, and Torrance. MWD has since grown to include San <br /> <br />19 First Annual Report, page 7. <br />