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<br />" <br /> <br />\1 E THO rOLl TAN W\ T E R D 1ST R leT <br /> <br />., <br /> <br /> <br />" <br />I <br /> <br />-I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.- ~ C. ''"i <br />'~i....) i <br /> <br />vided by the organization of The Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California in 1928, Water .and power were available <br />from the Colorado River because of plans made years ago by far- <br />seeing men for the future of Southern California. Without water <br />and power from Boulder Dam many of our war enterprises would <br />be impossible. The District contributed its full share to the suc- <br />cess of this great Colorado River project by contracting to pay for, <br />whether used 01' not, 36 per cent of the firm capacity of the Boulder <br />power plant. This power, fortunately not presently needed by the <br />District, has gone 100 pCI' cent into war work. And the Colorado <br />River aqueduct, built at a most providential time, in the lean nine- <br />teen-thirties, has stood firmly back of otherwise limited water <br />supplies. Due to a succession of abnormally high rainfall years <br />the actual draft on the aqueduct has not been large, but the im- <br />portance of aqueduct water to our armed forces, and of supple- <br />mentary supplies to District cities, has been Rppreciable. Above <br />all, factories and other enterprises have been built with confidence <br />in areas with falling ground water levels, in the certain knowledge <br />that aqueduct service is available if and when other sources fail. <br />At all times since Pearl Harbor, water hils been available for all <br />industries which might wish to establish themselves within the <br />area of the Metropolitan Water District. This applies with equal <br />force to approved areas outside the present District boundaries. <br />whose citizens may elect to become a part of the District. on such <br />lawful terms and conditions as may be approved by the District's <br />Board of Di rectors. <br /> <br /> <br />=;-=-=--.--1'-1 =', _ __ -i I":;-I"~_~ 1A~-1='i!i-I,:::: ril;-._---=:;:I:~II~\II~-.;:i-I-Li-~ ~ - __l ,IIIC <br />_!I--_'-'--"'I"llr,i.'I_ _~_T,III-1rI1:_II:'!":""J,I'jt,Jt!~I"I'!Ii'I-ul''11 !~' !'I_i t 1111\'_ <br />-1::_, :~,)II oj;"/. ..c::..:".. I '--i-'':'lJ~ _...;I:.-JlWJ:i~:':' _n_ .~If'"--:-;.JX' 'l,:;I-'~'.-:-: -; 1- '-'f" !-I-!-: ,,:, I (,I'i <br />~_,.",,, ~ __f 1--1--t--,.t~ ~'I__I_ _=...:'~\ ~....!J~'~ <br />:=~ -. _ -...-.:.___~._~~____>---..---.._____Ir-_......--.,j--~'__. !------..--...-----.: J 1 )_l+~~ <br />I~[ M[I~OP(JLll~N WAT[R DISTRICT or SOlllN!Ptl C~lIrORNI" - COlO~"DO RIY[~ "QUfDUcr <br />