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<br />City of Los Angeles~
<br />Department of Water
<br />and Power
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<br />The City of Los Angeles,
<br />Department of Water and Power,
<br />supplies water and electric service
<br />to over 3 million residents of the
<br />third largest city in the United
<br />States, The Department's assets in
<br />1978 were $3.3 billion, making it
<br />the nation's largest municipal
<br />water and power utility system.
<br />The City normally imports
<br />approximately 80% of its water
<br />supply from the Owens Valley
<br />through the First and Second Los
<br />Angeles Aqueducts. The remaining
<br />supplies are derived from local
<br />groundwater basins (15%) and
<br />The Metropolitan Water District
<br />of Southern California (5%),
<br />The City is the founder and one
<br />of the original member cities of
<br />the Metropolitan Water District
<br />and receives Colorado River
<br />water through the Colorado River
<br />Aqueduct. Water use in Los
<br />Angeles averages 434 million
<br />gallons a day,
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<br />Colorado River Board
<br />of California
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<br />Palo Verde
<br />Irrigation District
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<br />The Palo Verde Irrigation
<br />District is located along the
<br />Colorado River in eastern
<br />Riverside County. The principal
<br />city is Blythe, It includes 120,500
<br />acres, of which 92,000 in the
<br />valley and 5,000 on the lower
<br />Palo Verde Mesa are under
<br />cultivation.
<br />The District obtains its irrigation
<br />water from the Colorado River
<br />and has one of the oldest water
<br />diversion rights on the entire river
<br />system. Use of Colorado River
<br />water for the irrigation of lands in
<br />the Blythe area dates back to
<br />1877, The expenditures on
<br />Colorado River water facilities by
<br />the District and its predecessors
<br />amount to approximately $25
<br />million.
<br />Principal agricultural products
<br />of the Palo Verde Irrigation
<br />District are alfalfa, wheat, cotton,
<br />lettuce, cantaloupes, watermelons,
<br />onions, and citrus, In 1977 these
<br />crops had a value of $70 million,
<br />Livestock values from cattle and
<br />sheep feeding operations during
<br />the year amounted to about $26
<br />million.
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<br />San Diego County
<br />Water Authority
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<br />The San Diego County Water
<br />Authority encompasses
<br />approximately 897,806 acres and
<br />includes most of the developed
<br />areas in San Diego County, It has
<br />a population of about 1,665,200
<br />and an assessed valuation of
<br />$7,533,884,334,
<br />The Authority is a member of
<br />The Metropolitan Water District
<br />of Southern California, having
<br />annexed to the District in 1946.
<br />At that time, the Authority
<br />merged its right to 11 2,000
<br />acre-feet of Colorado River water
<br />annually with the District's
<br />original right of 1,100,00 acre-feet.
<br />Colorado River water is
<br />delivered to the Authority through
<br />two branch aqueducts which
<br />carry the water south from the
<br />main Colorado River Aqueduct.
<br />Approximately 90 percent of all
<br />water distributed by the
<br />Authority's 23 member agencies is
<br />delivered through the San Diego
<br />Aqueducts.
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<br />The Metropolitiln
<br />Water District of
<br />Southern Califorflia
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<br />The Metropolitan Water
<br />District of Southern California
<br />built and operates the
<br />242-mile-long Colorado River
<br />Aqueduct which, for more than a
<br />decade, has delivered over
<br />1,000,000 acre-feet of water
<br />annually to the' coastal plain, The
<br />District is the largest of 31
<br />contractors for Northern
<br />California water from the State
<br />Water Project. Since northern
<br />water became available to the
<br />District in 1972, it has gradually
<br />decreased pumping on the
<br />Colorado River Aqueduct and
<br />increased the amount of northern
<br />water. Blending increasing
<br />quantities of northern water with
<br />lesser amounts of Colorado River
<br />water enabled the District to
<br />supply a good quality municipal
<br />and industrial water and, at the
<br />same time, discontinue expensive
<br />softening treatment. In 1976,
<br />MWD had adjusted its take of
<br />water from the two sources to
<br />about 780,000 acre-feet from the
<br />Colorado and 638,000 from the
<br />State Project. The impact of the
<br />great drought, however, abruptly
<br />turned things around. In 1977, the
<br />District imported about 1,290,000
<br />acre-feet from the Colorado and
<br />took only 190,000 from the state.
<br />The coastal plain service area
<br />of the District covers 5,100 square
<br />miles, with a population of nearly
<br />11 million and an assessed
<br />valuation of about $53,6 billion,
<br />To deliver northern water to its
<br />member agencies, the District is
<br />expanding its facilities at a cost of
<br />more than one billion dollars, It
<br />has an investment of more than
<br />$500 million in its Colorado River
<br />Aqueduct and its distribution
<br />system.
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