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<br />44 Mf:TROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT
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<br />Garvey Reservoir on the Middle Feeder is located in the City of
<br />Monterey Park and has a storage capacity of 1,500 acre-feet. It is
<br />l'sed as a storage and regulating reservoir to meet the demands on
<br />the Middle Feeder and lower portion of the Palos Verdes Feeder,
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<br />Palos Verdes Reservoir, located in the hills north of San Pedro,
<br />ie the terminal reservoil' of the Palos Verdes Feeder and has a
<br />capacity of 1,100 acre-feet. The reservoir is used to regulate the
<br />flow and deliveries of the southern portion of the Palos Verdes
<br />Feeder,
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<br />The Orange County Reservoir with a storage capacity of 200 acre-
<br />feet is located on the Orange County Feeder at Brea, The Corona
<br />Del Mar Reservoir with a storage capacity of 20 acre-feet is located
<br />in the foothills at the end of the Orange County Feeder near the
<br />City of Newport Beach, Both these reservoirs regulate the deliveries
<br />from the feeder,
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<br />San Jacinto Reservoir with a storage capacity of 1.400 acre-feet
<br />is located on the San Diego Aqueduct, about two miles south-
<br />westerly of the west portal of the San Jacinto Tunnel, and is used
<br />to store water and regulate the rate of flow in the two barrels of the
<br />First San Diego Aqueduct and in the Second San Diego Aqueduct.
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<br />Sale of Colorado Rive/' Water
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<br />During the fiscal year 1960-61 a total of 935,227,1 acre-feet of
<br />Colorado River water was delivered by the. distribution system as
<br />compared with 167,083,2 in 1950-51, an increase of 459,7 percent
<br />over a ten year period, As compared with the 7.14,917,2 acre-feet
<br />delivered in 1959-60 the annual increase was 27,3 percent, The four
<br />constituents that consumed the largest quantities of softened water
<br />during the year we.re: City of Los Angeles, 106.,261.0 acre-feet;
<br />West Basin Municipal Water District, 76,986,9 acre-feet; City of
<br />Pasadena, 21.517,5 acre-feet; and Orange County Municipal Water
<br />District, 19,716,8 acre-feet. The four consuming the largest amounts
<br />of un softened water were: San Diego County \'iater Authority,
<br />197,375.4 acre-feet; Orange County Municipal Water District, 192,-
<br />356.8 acre-feet for underground water Lasin replenishment; Central
<br />Basin Municipal Water District, 143,469,0 acre-feet for under-
<br />grounct water basin replenishment; and Eastern Municipal Water
<br />District, 39,635,2 acre-feet for domestic: and agricultural needs, The
<br />deliveries to each constituent during each month of the fiscal year
<br />1960-61 are shown on Table 17, Table 18 shows the total water de-
<br />liveries to each constituent for a nine-year period together with the
<br />totals to date since the aqueduct was placed in service in June 1941.
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<br />P/'ice of Wate/'
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<br />In 1941, when the aqueduct was placed in service, the price
<br />established for the sale of water tu a cun:<tituent was $15,00 per
<br />acre-foot fur softened water and $<-;,00 pel' acre-foot for U1,"oftened
<br />or raw water. Since then the price ha1-i ueen revised from time to
<br />time,
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