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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8210.140.20
Description
Colorado River Basin Organizations and Entities - Colorado River Basin States Forum - California
State
CA
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
7/1/1946
Author
Metro Water District
Title
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Eighth Annual Report
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Annual Report
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<br />I <br />II <br />! <br />~ <br />\ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.' <br />! <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />..-" .-. <br />.-'.', u <br />~~ ...~ <br /> <br />o P F R .-\ T r 0 N 1\ ~ n "I t\ I N TEN ..\ N ( E <br /> <br />2Y <br /> <br />.i ., <br /> <br />carrying on certain researc.h work on underwater ordnance. This <br />contract is for a term of two )'eare, renewable thereafter from <br />)"ear to )"ear until 1966, <br />For the purposes of thi,; work a uniform water surface level is <br />required to be maintained and the Navy Department is obligated <br />to pay the District for such use the sum of $137.00 per day for such <br />time as the water level i, maintained at 1130 feet above sea level <br />and $342,00 per da)" for such time as the water level is maintained <br />at 1152 feet above sea le,'el, pursuant to Nav)" instructions. As <br />maintenance of the water surface at these levels interferes with <br />the u,;e of the reservoir for flood control and water conservation <br />purposes, provision is made that payments from the Flood Control <br />District be reduced from $20,000 to $15,000 annually when the <br />water level is maintained at 1130 feet and suspended entirely when <br />maintained at 1152 feet. <br />Provision is also made for delivery of water from the District's <br />aqueduct to the San Gabriel Valley Protective Association equiva- <br />lent to that which would have been conserved for the Association <br />in the absence of the Navy contract, <br />At the request of the Nav)' Department tbe water surface eleva- <br />tion has been maintained at or above elevation 1152 except for <br />the period from January 15, 1946 to January 29, 1946 when the <br />water surface was gradually lowered to elevation 1143, Since <br />this lowering was at the request of the Navy in order to dewater a <br />construction operation, no reduction was made in the daily rate <br />of $342,00, Payments from the Navy for the period from October <br />1,1945 to June 30, 1946 amounted to $93,366.00, No pa)"ment waS <br />due from the Flood Control District by reason of the terms of the <br />agreement. - - - - -- <br /> <br />Cunsf-nrctiun of the di.~t.1"il)/di{)lI system <br /> <br />Construction Of the distribution system to supply softened and <br />filtered Colorado River water to the thirteen original constituent <br />areas was completed in July 1941. The first expansion of the <br />system consisted of an extension of the Orange County pipe line <br />southerly from the Cit)" of Santa Ana to serve Coastal Municipal <br />Water District. This work was completed in February 1944. No <br />additional pipe lines have been constructed since that time, <br />A map of the distribution system showing the location of the <br />reservoirs, pipe lines, :-3oftening plant, and constituent areas form- <br />ing the Metropolitan Water District is displayed on pages 26 <br />and 27, <br />
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