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<br />Included in the aqueduct system are five pumping plants which lift the water a
<br />total height of 1,617 feet over mountain barriers. To operate these pumping plants, the
<br />Metropolitan Water District purchases Hoover Dam power from the United States
<br />Government and is obligated to pay for 36 per cent of the firm power produced at Hoover
<br />Dam power plant on the Colorado River.
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<br />In addition to the pumping plants, the aqueduct system includes concrete lined
<br />canals, tunnels, covered conduits, inverted siphons, and 8 reservoirs. Principal storage
<br />reservoir of the aqueduct system is Lake Mathews, situated near Riverside,
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<br />CONTRACTS FOR WATER
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<br />The District in 1930 contracted with the Federal Government for the delivery to the
<br />District of Colorado River water up to 1,100.000 acre-feet annually. About the same
<br />time, the City and Counry of San Diego entered into a contract with the Government for
<br />112,000 acre-feet annually. The San Diego areas were annexed to the Metropolitan Water
<br />District in 1946, and at that time the San Diego contract was merged with the District's
<br />water contract. The result is that the Metropolitan Water District now has a contract
<br />with the Federal Government for 1,212,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water annually,
<br />or about one billion gallons of water a day.
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<br />At the time the District filed on the Colorado River for the right to divert a share
<br />of its flow, the responsible officers of the District had in mind the needs not only of the
<br />people residing in the 11 cities which then comprised the District; they also took into
<br />account the supplemental water needs of all the areas on the coastal plain of Southern
<br />California that then were under development-and were within the limits of economic
<br />water service. In line with this recognition of a general need for Colorado River water
<br />by populated areas in Southern California, the boundaries of the Metropolitan Water
<br />District have been extended to bring the larger territory within service reach.
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<br />DISTRICT CITIES AND AREAS
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<br />The Mettopolitan Water District embraces the following cities and local water districts:
<br />Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Compton, Fullerton, Glendale, Long Beach, Los Angeles,
<br />Pasadena, San Marino, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, Torrance, Central Basin Municipal Water
<br />District, Chino Basin Municipal Water District, Coastal Municipal Water District, Eastern
<br />Municipal Water District, Foothill Municipal Water District, Orange County Municipal
<br />Water District, Pomona Valley Municipal Water District, San Diego County Water Author-
<br />ity, West Basin Municipal Water District, and Western Municipal Water District of River-
<br />side County.
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<br />Within the boundaries of the ten water districts above named are the following incor-
<br />porated cities: Bell, Huntington Park, Lakewood, Lynwood, Maywood, Montebello, Signal
<br />Hill, South Gate, Vernon, Whittier, Ontario, Chino, Fontana, Upland, Laguna Beach, Brea,
<br />Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, San Clemente, Hemet, Perris, San Jacinto, Buena Park, Hunting-
<br />ton Beach, La Habra, Orange, Placentia, Seal Beach, Tustip., Pomona, La Verne, Glendora,
<br />Claremont, San Diego, Oceanside, La Mesa, National City, Chula Vista, EI Cajon, Escondido,
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