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<br />- <br /> <br />0017~8 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The last major contract on the South Bay Aqueduct was signed <br />on December 26, 1967. This contract is for a pipeline between <br />Del Valle Dam and the Del Valle Pumping Plant. Work on the <br />first phase of the North Bay Aqueduct is about 85 percent <br />complete. <br /> <br />Water will be diverted around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta <br />in the Peripheral Canal. This canal, which will have capacity <br />for about 22,000 cubic feet per second, will not be needed <br />until 1976. The alignment of the canal north of Stockton will <br />parallel the new Interstate Highway 5 which will be under con- <br />struction in this area in 1970. Agreement has been reached <br />with the California Department of Public Works to borrow about <br />6,500,000 cubic yards of fill material from the canal right-of-way <br />for construction of the freeway. This joint undertaking will <br />save a total of about 5 million dollars. <br /> <br />Acreage Limitation Problem <br /> <br />In April 1967, Governor Reagan appointed a task force to formulate <br />recommendations for possible modification of the acreage limita- <br />tion proviSions of federal reclamation law. The task force <br />report, which was submitted on January 4, 1968, concludes that <br />the acreage limitation provisions "are antiquated and obsolete <br />and very much in need of modernization", A majority of the task <br />force members believe the provisions are wrong in principle and <br />should be repealed. On the assumption that outright repeal is <br />not likely to be accomplished at an early date, the task force <br />recommends increasing the limitation from 160 acres to 640 acres <br />with provision for further increase every 10 years, if economic <br />and technological changes indicate that it is in the publiC <br />interest. The task force also recommends application of the <br />"Engle Formula" which would permit use of water on excess land <br />providing interest is paid on the costs allocated to that service. <br />The California Department of Agriculture and the California <br />Department of Water Resources have jointly published the report <br />of the task force and copies can be obtained from the Director <br />of Water Resources. <br /> <br />Seminar on Reservoir Destratification <br /> <br />Several reservoirs of the State Water Project will be the sources <br />for municipal water supplies and will also be used for fishing <br />and other recreation pursuits. In view of the possible signifi- <br />cant advantages of artifically breaking up strata of water in <br />storage, the Department of Water Resources arranged a seminar <br />to consider the pOSSible advantages and problems of this type <br />of activity. It appears that there can be measurable benefits <br />in the quality of water, fisheries production, recreation use, <br />and in reduction of evaporation. About 200 persons from various <br />agencies throughout California and other states attended the <br />seminar. ' <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />,I. , <br />