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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
7/1/1945
Author
Metro Water District
Title
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Seventh Annual Report
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Annual Report
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<br />I <br /> <br />. - <br />',-~ ',;/;) <br />2 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT <br /> <br />Indicative of general business conditions in the coastal basin <br />during 1944 are the following: Bank debits of Los Angeles City <br />reached an all time high of $22,326,365,000; the Security-First <br />National Bank combined index of business activity varied between <br />a low of 236.8 and high of 251.2 (1930 = 100) : dollar value of <br />retail sales in downtown Los Angeles were at peak levels despite <br />shortages in many lines of merchandise; building permits in Los <br />Angeles County even under wartime restrictions were $127,486,000; <br />the value of all agricultural products-crops, fruit, nuts, live <br />stock-for the four basin counties was the greatest ever recorded <br />at $420,388,000. <br />Continuance of the growth and expansion of constituent areas <br />of the District was evidenced by an increase in water production, <br />including Colorado River water, of 25 cubic feet per second during <br />the fiscal year, a quantity about equal to the normal demand for <br />domestic and industrial uses of 125,000 people in the member cities. <br />Constantly growing requirement for water in the entire coastal <br />basin is resulting in further depletion of underground storage to <br />the point of danger in certain areas. Active consideration is being <br />given in several localities to thc formation of annexation areas <br />which will bc acceptable to the Metropolitan Water District_ <br /> <br />, <br />., <br /> <br />Const1'uction <br /> <br />Bond fund expenditures for construction in this fiscal year were <br />limited to the building under contract of a third salt storage basin <br />at the softening and filtration plant, and minor additions made by <br />District forces to several features of the distribution system. <br /> <br />Use of Colorado Rh'e,. '/Vater <br /> <br />During the fiscal year Anaheim, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana and <br />Santa Monica, constituent areas of the District, depended almost <br />exclusively upon softened and filtered Colorado River water for <br />their municipal supply. All other member cities, except Glendale <br />and San Marino, took Colorado River water as necessary to aug- <br />ment their local sources of snpply. Throughout this period soft- <br />ened water was also furnished to the United States Navy for <br />use at Spadra Hospital, tnken over in 1944 from the Army. De- <br />livery of softened Colorado River water reached a monthly maxi- <br />mum in August 1944 with an average rate of 70 cnbic feet per <br />second, or 45,240,000 gallons per day. The minimum was in <br />March 1945 with a flow of 18_2 cubic feet per second, or 11,760,000 <br />gallons per day_ A daily peak of 90 cubic feet per second, or <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />1 <br />
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