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<br />In <br />co <br />N <br />o <br />o <br /> <br />Carlsbad, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Inglewood, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Haw- <br />thorne, Gardena, Palos Verdes Estates, Culver City, Riverside, Corona, Elsinore, <br /> <br />Altogether, in July 1955, there were 66 incorporated cities in the Metropolitan Water <br />District. Also within the District are populous unincorporated areas. The District has a present <br />population of more than 6,000,000. <br /> <br />INCREASING WATER NEEDS <br /> <br />To meet a rapidly increasing need for Colorado River water for its homes and industries, the <br />Metropolitan Water District is pressing forward a program of enlarging and extending its <br />aqueduct system, This work calls for the expenditure of $80,000,000 for construction work, <br />most of which will be completed in 1956, The funds invested are being supplied by the <br />citizens of the Metropolitan Water District. There are no Federal subsidies involved, <br /> <br />Work under way includes the installation of three additional pumps at each of the <br />aqueduct's pumping plants, the construction of a new storage and regulating reservoir, now <br />in service, and the extension of distribution pipe lines to provide heavily populated areas <br />with adequate water supplies for fire protection and sanitary requirements, and for homes <br />and industries. <br /> <br />Only Colorado River water for which the Metropolitan Water District has a contract <br />dating back to 1930 will be delivered by the new delivery facilities. There is no call for <br />water in addition to the District's present established rights. <br /> <br /> <br />Parker Dam and Power Plant on the Colorado River. <br /> <br />[ 17] <br />