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<br />I <br />! <br /> <br />" 1-..6-..._ <br />~. . "J <br /> <br />OPERATIOi\" Ar\D M.o\INTENA;\CE <br /> <br />31 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />the Navy Department the use of the reservoir for the pu..pose of <br />ca....ying on ..esea..ch work on unde..wate.. o..dnance. The gene..al <br />pu..poses and te..ms of these cont..acts we..e set fo..th in detail in <br />the Eighth Annual Repo..t of the Dist..ict. <br />The terms of the Navy contract provided for payment to the <br />District for use of the ..ese..voi.. at the rate of $137.00 pe.. day fo.. <br />such time as the wate.. level is maintained at elevation 1130 feet <br />above sea level and $342.00 pe.. day fo.. such time as the ]evel is <br />maintained at elevation 1152 feet above sea level. F..om July 1. <br />1947 th..ough May 31, 1948 the ..ese..voi.. leve] was held at or above <br />elevation 1152 feet except fo.. periods when it was lowered at the <br />specific request of the Navy to permit its construction work. <br />From June I, to June 30, 1948 the rese..voi.. level was held at 0" <br />above elevation 1130 feet. Payments f..om the Navy for the fiscal <br />yea.. amounted to 336 days at the $342.00 ..ate and 30 days at the <br />$137_00 rate, fo.. a total of $119,022.00. Unde.. an ag..eement with <br />the Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist..ict and the San Gab..iel <br />Valley P..otective Association. 400 acre feet of softened wate.. we..e <br />..eleased f..om the upper feede.. between Ap..il 4 and Ap..il 10, 1948 <br />to ..epIace wate.. lost by evapo..ation due to holding Mo....is ..e;;e..voir <br />at elevation 1152 from November 1947 to June 1948_ <br /> <br />Operotion and mainlel/allee of the distributiou s!lstelll <br /> <br />An average c..ew of 34 men, exclusive of the San Diego a'lueduct <br />and softening and filtration plant forces. wo..king unde.. the di..ec- <br />tion of the chief operation and maintenance engineer, has carried <br />on all operation. maintenance, and minor construction actidties <br />on the distribution ;;y;;tem_ Division fo..emen with ;;mall crews were <br />located at Lake Mathew;;. Morris ..eservoi... Orange County ..eser- <br />voi.., Palos Verdes ..ese..voir and at the no..th portal of Hollywood <br />tannel. These fo..emen and thei.. crews maintain the ..eservoi..s. the <br />upper feeder. the branch feede..s: La Verne to O..ange County, <br />Eagle Rock to Palos Ve,'des ..eservoi... and Eagle Rock to Santa <br />Monica, and the laterals to constituent areag. Normal maintenance <br />activities include systematic patrol of the pipe lines and st..uctu..es: <br />operation of vah'c:-;, meters, and equipment: minor repairs; painting <br />of metalwo..k; daily observation of water delive..ies; changinl!: of <br />meter charts; collection of wate.. samples at ..egu]ar inte..vals: and <br />contacts with ope..ating fo..ces of the membe.. cities with ..ega..d to <br />thei.. wate.. ..equirement;;_ Special and major maintenance, ..epai... <br />and construction work is done by a crew of men under the master <br />mechanic with headquarte..s at the District ;;hops l1t La Verne. <br />