WSP04826

• File Number: 8210.140.20
• Description: Colorado River Basin Organizations and Entities - Colorado River Basin States Forum - California
• State: CA
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1939
• Author: Metro Water District
• Title: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - History and First Annual Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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CONSTRUCTION UTILITIES

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TABLE 10

CALENDAR
YEAR

CON-
STRUCTION
COST

CONSTRUCTION WATER SYSTEM
COSb to June 30, 1938

OPERATION WATER SALES.
AND :>.tAINT[. CUBIC FEET
NANCE COST
$ 27,008.25
48.087.20
03,416.77
84.695.05
68.242.04

$064.505.02
855.340.29
872.218.10
850.678.58
819.714.67

CREDITS

ACClIMUL...TED
NET COST

... ...$646.263.93
... 176.782.15
28.320.06
12.242.93

5.8~5.933
22.566.708
39.415.784
59.797.801
49.733,073

S 8.766.86
34.034.44
74.859.02
1I8,4 77.50
99.205.95

1933
1934
1935
1936 ..
1937 .. .....
To June 30,
1938 ........ 20,477.74 9,254.147 22.487.08 817.705.33
T01'l....S863.009.07 $311,927.1I 180.613.446 S357.830.85 $817.705.33
Water sales quantities are from the wa.ter delivery records of the hydrographic
division. Re\'enue and operation and maintenance COSls from cost division.

in order more amply to care for later periods of active demand,
which might otherwise have temporarily overtaxed the part of the
system involved. Water used for testing was reused when possible
for further testing. In addition to the metered supply a small
quantity of water has been used by the maintenance crew for flush-
ing pipe lines and tanks.
The average monthly delivery from the beginning of operation
of the system up to June 30, 1938, has been 3,034,300 cubic feet, or
22,697,000 gallons. The maximum monthly delivery of 6,234,800
cubic feet, or 46,636,000 gallons, occurred in July 1936. The aver-
age monthly delivery during 1936, the maximum year, was 4,983,-
150 cubic feet, or 37,274,000 gallons.
Each consumer is billed for water metered into his line at the
rate stated in his specifications. For tunnel construction the charge
was 15 cents per 100 cubic feet, and for canal, conduit, siphon, and
other construction 30 cents. The District supplies to the contractors
without charge all water used for testing purposes. The average
revenue per 100 cubic feet of water sales to June 30, 1938 is $0.191.

Trentment of water
The water as delivered has carried from 345 to 1,095 parts per
million of dissolved solids and from 17 to 472 parts per million of
hardness, except the standby wells at Earp and Eureka Wash, which
carry somewhat greater amounts. When the wells were developed
chemical analyses of the water indicated a satisfactory quality for
all purposes without necessity of softening or other treatment.
However, after three months of use "red water" became a consid-
erable problem. This trouble eventually appeared in all parts of