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<br />~ <br />::-',-) <br />co <br />C\l <br />a <br />o <br /> <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. <br /> <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, <br /> <br />CONTRACTS FOR WATER <br /> <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <br />DISTRICT CITIES AND AREAS <br /> <br />. <br /> <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. <br /> <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, <br /> <br />[ 16] <br />