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l- . /' :: ~: 1. i..... ....1 2 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT The maximum monthly deliver,}' of Colorado River water in the coastal area was 315 cubic feet per second, or 203 million gallons per day in August 1952, and the minimum was 67 cubic feet per second, or 43 million gallons per day in December 1952. Co""rructioll A $52,000,000 construction program was instituted in 1952 to increase the aqueduct pumping plant capacity and to enlarge the distribution facilities in order to keep ahead of the growing de, mands for water service, Construction, materials, and equipment contracts totaling $21,000,000 had been awarded at the end of the fiscal year, and about $5,500,000 had been spent on the program, Area, population, and assessed t'"/u,,tiO/1 The inadequacy of local water resources in the south coastal area of California to meet the needs of rapidly increasing population and expanding industry, and in particular the unabated depletion of the principal ground,water basins, have brought about intensified activity directed toward annexation of additional territory to the District, Completed during the fj"cal year were the annexation of Foothill Municipal Water District as a unit constituent area of the District, of Glendora and Rowland areas to Pomona Valley Munici, pal Water District, and of Dominguez area to West Basin Municipal Water District, all in Los Angeles County: annexation of South Bay Irrigation District and certain other lands to San Diego County Water Authority; and annexation of adjacent areas to Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County, The total area of these completed additions is 194 square miles, Central Basin Mu, nicipal Water District was organized in Los Angeles County, and progress was accomplished towal'd the formation of new municipal water districts in the counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego, all with a view to subsequent annexation to the Metro, politan Water District. Completion of all actively prospective annexations would add approximately 1,200 square miles to the corporate area of the District, which comprised in the aggregate 1750 square miles at the close of the fiscal year, Population in all component areas of the District continued to increase, as shown in table 1. There are 49 incorporated cities in the five coastal counties plus large areas of unincorporated territory now included in the District.