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<br />Two YeilltS' <br />l\chie\lmnent <br /> <br />, , <br />, , <br />.... .... .. - <br /> <br />Two \'t';1fS oi sil.!nific:1llt ;1chicycl1lcm in <br />the histo~\. of Calif(~rniJ 's water dC\Tlopmcnt <br />arc sUIIlTllarizcd in this biennial report of the <br />State Department of \\'arcr Resources for the <br />period July I. 1960roJUllC ,0. 196~. <br /> <br />Fi,"c Illonths afrer the reporring period <br />began. the people of the Stolte '"oted their <br />apprm'al of rhe \\"orld's greatest \\";1tcr dcn:l- <br />opmcnt :1Jlll distribution program and of its <br />financing through ;1 S 1.75 hillion bond isslle. <br /> <br />The State \\'ater Project has been surging <br />forward C\Tf since. Irs phnning. design ;lnd <br />construction are on schedule. <br /> <br />Details of progress on the project and on <br />the other acri,"itics of the dcputmem lip to <br />the end of the 1 Q61-(I~ fiscal \"C;U arc l.!iH'J1 <br />in the pages of this report.' ... <br /> <br />A quick story of rwo ;.cars' achicn'lllent <br />in rhe Srate \\'ater Project is gi\'cn helow, This <br />lisring of outstanding project highlights C\- <br />tends beyond the reporting period up to the <br />time of writing, just ~-t months after passage <br />of the bond issue. <br /> <br />The departlllent nude the first dcIin'ry of <br />project W:Her, the flow through the firsr <br />reaches of the South Bay Aqueducr into Ab- <br />IllClb Counn'. <br /> <br />The dep:urment awarded the largest con- <br />struction comeler of irs kind in C nired Srates <br />histon', the S I ~ I million Comr:lct for the <br />huildii1g of Oro\'ille Dam. <br /> <br />The departIllent's contractor started work <br />at the Oro\'ille damsite on what will be the <br />,,'odd's greatest &1I11 cllnstrunion job, <br /> <br />The departmcnt and rhe C nitcd Statcs f!m'- <br />ernment launched construction of the San <br />Luis Projc<.:t. the firsr hi~ federal-sure W~Hcr <br />dc\'elopl1lcllt co-oper~Hi\:--e ;lIld an import:mr <br />link in the deli\'en- of water to Southcrn Cali- <br />fornia in 1971, . <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />........ <br /> <br />f)jrccror lI'ilfi.rm E, WJ'ruL' ,wd <br />GO'::nnur Hdmllnd G, /lr()"",:,'lI <br />The departlllcnt went for\\'ard with W;Hcr <br />disrrihution contract negotiations to the point <br />where St,ate \ Vater Project connections now <br />arc assured for water agencies ser\'ing 55 per- <br />cent of Cllifornia's popubtion, <br />The dep:1rtmcnt completed construction of <br />Frenchman Dam and Rescn'oir :lIld hc~an <br />\\'ork Oil .\mclope \'alle\'lhm :1lld Resen';)ir, <br />the first two of :1 series of rccreatiOlul de\'elop- <br />ments that will he an integral part of the <br />multipurposc SeHe \\"arer Project. <br />The dql:1rtIllenr seIrted stud\" to see <br />whether atomic cner~\- m;t\' be' harnessed <br />ecollomicall~- to pO\\T;" rhe h~g lift pumps of <br />the Sute \\";Her Project. <br />~(l\'emher <br />196~ <br /> <br />\\"11.1.1.-\,\1 E. \\",-\R:-'T <br />I )irector of \ \ 'ater Resources <br /> <br />3 <br />