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<br />,.. ,,~ <br />ii:;. j. ~ ,) <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />METROPOLIL\N WATER DISTRICT <br /> <br />The principal features of the main aqueduct and their con,truc- <br />tion costs are listed in table 2. Parker Dam is included in thb <br />list because, though it wa, built under the supervision of the <br />United States Bureau of Reclamation and is now the property of <br />and is operated by the United State., the funds to eover the co.,t <br />of construction and right of war were provided by The Metro- <br />politan Water District of Southern California. with the exception <br />of a $500,000 grant in aid of construrtion made br the Public <br />Works Administration. <br /> <br />TABLE 2 <br /> <br />I'RINCII'AL MAIN AQUEDUCT FEATURE'; <br />INITIAL CONSTRUCTION <br /> <br />June 30, 1943 <br /> <br />FHTURE <br /> <br />Righi fJf way and Jand~ <br />Parker Dam . <br />Concrele lillt'f! ('ana'~ . <br />Unlined canal <br />Cut-and-covcr c!lnduits <br /> <br />UNIT <br />.41,42l.M a(:rt'.~ <br /> <br />PIlE..I::r"T <br />C..\PAC\fY <br /> <br />Nn <br />Cflr"~TRl1CT10:-; <br />C"OST <br /> <br />62.81 mile.. <br />LOS milt's <br />.1)4.45 miles <br /> <br />1,60.5 c.f.s. <br />l.605 d.s. <br />1,605 ('.f.s. <br /> <br />$ 1.289,972.15 <br />7.21B.774.29' <br />i.746.71 Ll~ <br />143,324.37 <br />14.115.109.66 <br /> <br />SIPJ-/OII;S <br />16'0" diameter. 0.88 miles <br />Three 9'9" square barrel. . 5.58 miles <br />11'.\". 12'0", ]2'1", <br />12'9" diameter 22.07 mile!- <br />Tunnels, concrete lined ... 92.09 miles <br />Pumping Illams and camps . <br />Trammission lines... 237 miles <br />Telephone Jines. 430 mile.. <br />Reo;er\'oir~. Gene nnd Copper Basin.. <br /> <br />1,605 d.s, <br />].605 d.;, <br />802.5c,[", <br />],605 c.f.;, <br />600 d.s. <br /> <br />589,419-'0 <br />~.6.3J.3B9.7'2 <br /> <br />6.608,420.2i' <br />oB.532,39o.3:J <br />IS,880.1.11..52 <br />2.718.974.86~ <br />339,602.14 <br />1,056.548.2.1 <br /> <br />\1://:!uut'S $5(lO.O(l(J !nnnt ]laBI b.," Public \Vork~ .\!\Illini~tlati,)n. <br />'1I1chlde~ ~~5;,]14.20 lur 1,"")\111<1 wi,~', I';lid b) 1)1:."1"1l~{' l'];lnl \..:url"11Jt,c'" <br /> <br />PUlllpill1} pl"I/t.. <br /> <br />The pumping planb were operated from October 15 to Novem- <br />ber 22, 1942 and from May 21 to .June 25, 1943 to replenish Lake <br />Mathews storage. Plants were operated individually aml in groups <br />intermittently throughout the year to nlaintain reservoir storage <br />on the aqueduct for camp use and to supply the Army training <br />center.s as far we.st as Camp Young, <br />The increa~e in the power demand of Basic Magnesium, Incor- <br />porated. resulted in a limitation of energy for the DistriCt's pump- <br />ing system. The District therefore restricted its use to essential <br />pumping at times when the use of power for war work was at a <br /> <br />I <br />