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." ..., r\ "" ~i~"" 48 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT Delivery of Colomdo River water Natural Colorado River water was supplied from Lake Mathews to the U. S. Army for use at Camp Haan during the entire fiscal year. Delivery is accomplished through a connection from the valve structure in the head works to a near-by pumping plant, from which the water is pumped through a 12-mile pipe line to a softening and filtration plant at Camp Haan. Regular delivery to Camp Haan was begun in September 1942 and has been continuous since that time. During the past fiscal year 87.5 acre feet of water were released to the Camp Haan pumping plant. Softened Colorado River water was furnished to the United States for use at Spadra Hospital continuously from April 1943 to September 1946. In the latter month the hospital property reverted to the State of California and delivery of softened water was codinued under an agreement with the State. During the last fiscal year the delivery totaled 79.3 acre feet. Delivery of softened water to constituent areas of the District continued to be largely on a stand-by basis. Anaheim, Santa Ana and Santa Monica used practically all (87 per cent or more) Colo- rado River water. Pasadena, Coastal Municipal Water District, Torrance, Long Beach, Fullerton. Compton, and Beverly Hills took Colorado River water in the amount of approximately 60, 56, 43, 40, 37, 29, and 25 per cent, respectively, of their total production. Burbank, Los Angeles, and Glendale took water only to satisfy special demands. San Marino, with no physical connection to the District system, was the only member agency using no Colorado River water. The minimum monthly delivery of softened water to constituent areas occurred In December 1947 when 3382.5 acre feet were delivered. The maximum monthly delivery was 10,331.0 acre feet in August 1947. The average daily delivery for the fiscal year including Spadra was 197 acre feet, equivalent to 99.3 cubic feet per second, or 64,180,000 gallons per day. Delivery of natural Colorado River water to the San Diego County Water Authority was started on December 1, 1947. gxcept for the initial testing period and a few short shutdown periods, delivery to the Authority has been continuous, at or near the capacity of the San Diego aqueduct. The total quantity of water sold to the Authority ',vas 41.093.5 acre feet, 36 per cent of the tot.al qu~nt.ity of water sold by the District during the fiscal year. Actual quantities of Colorado River water sold since the begin- ning of operations in 1941 are shown in table 11. The largest gains ~