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<br /> <br />~ <br />;\.J.... <br /> <br />81 <br /> <br />"f.TRurOLlT:\,'" WATER DISTRICT <br /> <br />northeast side of the Palos ,"erdes Hills, south of the town of <br />Lomita. <br />This resen'oir will serve HS all important unit in connection <br />with satisfactory operation of the distribution system. It has a <br />capacity of 1.000 aere feet. or :t~,).850,OOO J(J.l1l0IlS, a water surface <br />of 28 acres, and a maximum dt"pth of GO feet. lIi~h water sllrfacp <br />will be at elevHlion ::t~O. <br />Water will enter and le.we the reservoir throu}!h the same pipe <br />line, the din.ction of flow depcndinsc upon whether the demand for <br />water hy the cities is less or greater than the stlpply furnished by <br />the feeder. <br /> <br /> <br />Palos lrN"d('..~ resert'oir <br /> <br />Bids were opened on December 2;1. 193A for the construction of <br />this reservoir and appurtenant works. The Daley Corporation. <br />of San Die~w, low bidcier. subsequently submitt",d saUsf.ldory proof <br />that import.lllt items hltd been omitW in t'omputing its bid. At the <br />meetinp: on De<"ember :lO, 1938 the board of directors permitted tht.' <br />low bidder to withdraw his bici without pt'nalty. nnd awarded a <br />contract to the next low bidder. W. E. Hall Company. of Alhambra, <br />on its hid (If ~;188.HflO.OO. The contract covered all excavation to <br />form the rt.'servoil' ami for the control tower. rolling of an earthfill <br />embankment, gllllite lining of the reservoir, and construction of a <br />supply tunnel, a concrete control tower. lllld a concrete channel to <br />carry stoml ruu-off around the area. <br />The earthfill embankment closing the enst side of the reservoir <br />was made of materials excavaterl from the reservoir area, hauled in <br /> <br />