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<br />.." " <br />~ 'Ill .. l.J <br /> <br />FOREWORD <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />Augu~t. Contract awarded for construction of Cajalco <br />tunnel of lower feeoer. <br />October. Contract awarded for construction of Garvey <br />reservoir. <br />October. Construction of ~econd barrel San Diego aque, <br />duct started by U, S, Bureau of Reclamation. <br />October. Contract awarded for construction of Victoria <br />Street,223rd Street cross feeder. <br />October, Annexation of the Glendora area to Pomona Val, <br />ley Municipal Water District completed, <br />October, Annexation of the Dominguez area to West Basin <br />1II unicipal Water District completed, <br />December. Contract awarded for construction of Garvey <br />reservoir to Southern Avenue pipe line, <br />December, Board issued statement of Metropolitan Water <br />District policy with respect to its present and future water <br />service responsibilities and plans. <br /> <br />1953 January, Annexation of Foothill Municipal Water District <br />completed, <br />March, Softening and filtration plant officially dedicated <br />as F, E. Weymouth memorial softening and filtration plant, <br />April. Contract awarded for construction of Southern <br />Avenue to Victoria Street pipe line, <br />April 20, The Metropolitan Water District Act amenoed <br />by aooing Section 9,5 relating to the annexation of munici, <br />palities. <br />May. Annexation of the Adjacent area to Eastern Munici, <br />pal Water District completed. <br />May, California fileo its answer to the suit before the <br />United States Supreme Court brought by Arizona in August <br />for judicial settlement of its Colorado River water rights, <br />June, Corona del Mar reservoir to Coast Boulevard pipe <br />line completed, <br />June 30, Net construction cost of the Colorado River <br />Aqueduct, including the northerly half of the fir~t barrel of <br />the San Diego aqueduct and half the Parker power plant, is <br />in round figures $214,000.000, <br />