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<br />o <br />o <br />GO <br />C\1 <br /> <br />l:::) <br /> <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />Los Angeles with its 2,000,000 people is served water and <br />power by its city.owned Department of Water and Power <br /> <br />generators with a combined capacity of 512,000 kilowatts. Even with these large additions <br />to the city's generating facilities, it is estimated that additional generating capacity will have <br />to be ready by about 1957. The Colorado River can provide an increased power output <br />through the contemplated installation of another 104,000 kilowatt generator at Hoover <br />Dam Power Plant and through the construction of new power dams at Bridge and Glen <br />Canyons, The latter two plants have a potential generating capacity of 1,550,000 kilowatts, <br />The Department of Water and Power would be a logical purchaser of a part of this energy <br />but it strongly opposes attempts being made to require these proposed public power projects <br />to subsidize irrigation projects for the special benefit of private landowners in Arizona or <br />elsewhere, <br /> <br />The water system of the Department serves 98 % of all water consumers in Los Angeles, <br />and its distribution system covers the largest area of any single city water works. It obtains <br />its water from four sources. They are the local underground basins, the Los Angeles River, <br />the Owens River Aqueduct, and the Colorado River Aqueduct. Los Angeles is a part of <br />The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and its city-owned water system <br />therefore obtains its Colorado River water from the aqueduct operated by the Metropolitan <br />Water District. <br /> <br />[11 ] <br />