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... ...., ~~CJ METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT West Orange County Feeder and its extension. The Middle Feeder i~ also used to deliver raw Colorado River water to Los Angeles County Flood Coutrol District for spreading to replenish the under- ground basins, Fa/os VCl'des Fceda Originating at the Eagle Rock Control Tower on the Upper Feeder, the Palos Verdes Feeder extends southerly 30,9 miles to the 1,100 acre-foot capacity Palos Verdes Reservoi,'. located in the hills north of San Pedro, The line is 55-inches in diameter from the Upper Feeder to the Ascot Tunnel and 51 inches in diameter from the tunnel to the reservoir, The line has a design capacity of 210 cubic feet per second to Ascot Tunnel, 100 cubic feet per second from the tunnel to Compton Creek, and 60 cubic feet per second south of Compton Creek, Besides the cross connections with the Middle Feeder, mentioned previously, there are six laterals off the Palos Verdes Feeder sup- plying water to agencies of the District, namely; the 48-inch dia- meter, 11.6 mile long, Culver City Lateral along Slauson Avenue; the 22-inch and 16-inch diameter, 1.9 mile long, Compton Lateral and Extension; the 37-inch and 30-inch diameter, 5,7 mile long Long Beach Lateral and Extension; the 54-inch diameter. 2,8 mile long, Victoria Street Lateral; the 45-inch diameter, 6,8 mile long, West Basin Feeder; and the 37-inch diameter 2,6 mile long Inglewood LateraL Santa Mon;ca Fecdel' The Santa Monica Feeder connects to the Upper Feeder at the Eagle Rock Control Tower and extends 24.49 miles through the cities of Glendale, Burbank, and Beverly Hills to the Arcadia Reser- voir of the Citv of Santa Monica, The line varies in size from 84 inches in diameter at the Eagle Rock Control Tower to 28 inches through Beverly H ills and Santa Monica, The line has a designed capacity of 125 cubic feet per second at the control tower decreasing to 30 cubic feet per second at and beyond the Hollywood TunneL The cities of Glendale, Burbank, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica are served from this line, [,ower Feede/" The Lower Feeder and the Upper are the two main distribution lines originating at the headwork at Lake Mathews, The Upper Feeder and its branches have been discussed previously, The Lower Feeder extends 45,1 miles westerh' from Lake Mathews to con- nections with the Middle Feeder and West Coast Feeder at Gar- field and Southern A venues in the City of South Gate, passing through the cities of Brea. La Habra, Norwalk and Downey, The easterly 19 miles to the Santiago control tower has a diameter of 108 inches and a designed capacity of 750 eubic feet per second, The next 14 miles are % inches in diameter having a caDacity that de-