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,/t.4I"'l.) i.. . . ..1 OPERATION AND MAINTE!\:A!\:CE 29 built by the District to provide delivery to the cities of Compton, Long Beach, and Torrance_ The water level in Palos Verdes reservoir varies between a maximum elevation of 320 feet and a minimum of 270_ Backllow is available to supply the harbor district of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Torrance. Compton, and other areas as far north as 108th Street. The Santa Monica branch extends in a westerly and southwesterly direction from the Eagle Rock tower 24.5 miles to connect with the Santa Monica city water system at its Arcadia reservoir_ Along this pipe line there are two connections to the Glendale system, three to the Burbank system including a short lateral in Kenneth Road, two to the Los Angeles city system, one to Beverl,' Hills, and one to Santa Monica. In addition to Lake Mathews. Orange County, Corona Del Mal'. and Palos Verdes reservoirs. the District has acquired from the City of Pasadena the Morris reservoir in Pine Canyon on the San Gabriel River. This reservoir provides emergency storage above the upper feeder to which it is connected through Monrovia tunnel No_ 2 and a steel pipe line under the river bed immediately below Morris Dam. Co-nstruction of the distribut-iol1 system Construction of the distribution s,-stem to serve the 13 original constituent areas of the District was completed in July 1941- Following the annexation of the Coastal Municipal Water District in June 1942, the first enlargement of the system took place with the extension of the Orange County feeder from Santa Ana to the Coast Highway at Corona Del Mar. This extension was completed in February 1944_ In September 1946 the City of Brea and the unincorpomted lIrea of Fairview Farms became a part of the Metropolitan Water District by annexation to the Coastal Municipal Water District. To serve Brea. a lateral from the Orange Count,- feeder. 700 feet long. was constructed by District forces_ First delivery of water to Brea was made on June 7, 1947_ Construction of the San Diego aqueduct from the west portal of San Jacinto tunnel to San Vicente reservoir of the San Diego city water system was virtually completed in November 1947_ A map of the distribution system showing the location of the regervoirs. pipe lines, softening plant, and constituent areas form- ing the Metropolitan Water District is displayed on pages 26 and 27_ A map of the constituent areas of the San Diego County Water Authority and the San Diego aqueduct is shown on page 34.