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<br />.. r" ~-.' <br />..."~, . <br />;... <br /> <br />f, <br /> <br />.\1 E T Ii n p n LIT ,\ N W,\ T F~ R n i S T H 1 C T <br /> <br />CHROl\OU)GY OF THE <br />COI.ORADO RIV"R AQUeDUCT <br /> <br />1!l28 Preliminary studies of Colorado HiveI' as a source of addi. <br />tional water supply begun by City of Los Angeles. <br /> <br />HJ24 Colorado River Aqueduct Association organized at Pa",. <br />dena, California. <br /> <br />1925 City of Los Angeles issued $2,000,000 Colorado Rive,' project <br />Londs for prelimimny ~Ul'\'e.\'s Hlld investigations. <br /> <br />1!l27 Metropolitan Water District Act enacted b,' California Leg- <br />islature permitting noncontiguous cities and districts to <br />cooperate in acquisition of domestic water supplies. <br /> <br />1928 The Metropolitan Water District of Southel'll California <br />organized with elev~n member cities. <br /> <br />] 930 District to(,k over all engineering and other work and <br />records from the Bureau of Water Works and Supply of <br />the City of Los Angeles and paid in full all preliminary <br />expen~es of the city. <br />District contracted with the United States for storage of <br />water and for 36 per cent of the power generated at <br />Boulder Dam. <br /> <br />l!l:n Four cities joined the District and two withdrew, <br /> <br />A construction bond issue of $220,000,000 was approved by <br />District electors in September, <br /> <br />1!l32 December, First block of con"truction bomb sold to Re- <br />construction Finance Corporntion. Construction work <br />.,tarted in the last week of the year. <br /> <br />Hl41 First delivery of softened water made June 17 to Pasadena, <br /> <br />Initial stage of Colorado River aqueduct construction com- <br />pleted .luly 31. Colorado River aqueduct changed from a <br />construction to an operation and maintenance basi~ August 1. <br /> <br />A vallability of Colorado Ri\'er water fOl' 'dlY demand guar. <br />anteed security from \\'Hter shortage to every constituent <br />area of the Metropolitan Water Dbtrict. <br /> <br />Emergency guarding of aqueduct feature::; instituted im- <br />mediately after Pearl Harbor, December 7, <br />