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<br />C\") <br />.~~~) <br />00 <br />C\l <br />o which delivers water from the Colorado River to homes, industries and military installations <br />o on the coastal plain of Southern California. <br /> <br />This Colorado River Aqueduct was built by the group of cities which constitute <br />The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, to meet their present and future <br />water requirements, Up to date it represents a capital investment of $275,000,000. Its ulti- <br />mate cost will be in excess of $400,000,000, It is being paid for entirely by the people of <br />these California cities. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER AQUEDUCT <br /> <br />The Colorado River Aqueduct is the longest and largest domestic water supply line <br />in the United States. It has its intake on the Colorado River two miles upstream from <br />Parker Dam and extends westward across the State of California. Its total length, including <br />the main line and its delivery lines, is 556 miles, It will have the ultimate capacity to <br />deliver 1,212,000 acre-feet of water annually, or more than a billion gallons of water <br />per day. It was constructed, in its initial development, during the period from 1932 to 1941 <br />and has been in operation since] une 1941, <br /> <br /> <br />~.~."""~ <br /> <br />An inverted siphon section of the Metropolitan <br />Water District's aqueduct, sixteen feet in diameter <br /> <br />[15 ] <br />