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I>'" ,... ,fit i~'j'~ The Coachella Valley County Water District is located west and north of the Salton Sea in California, More than 135,000 of its 620,451 acres could be irrigated from the 123-mile Coachella Branch of the All American Canal. There are presently 82,413 acres under irrigation. Raymond R, Rummonds, Vice President of the Coachella District's Board of Directors, represents the District on the Colorado River Board and is its Chairman as well as ex officio Colorado River Commissioner of California. The Coachella Branch of the All American Canal brings vital Colorado River water to the fertile valley. The investment of the District in works dependent upon the water of the Colorado River system totals approximately $34 million. Principal agricultural products of the Coachella Valley are dates, grapefruit, grapes, vegetables, alfalfa, cotton and grain which in 1974 had a value of $72,757,990. In 1974, the per acre crop value exceeded $1,330. (, ~\\\\"l;~~', \" '\ \ ' ~~ ~,-~ j $"~A ,~ Iii ~~,// h I rv Raymond R. Rummonds Board Chairman 4 Imperial Irrigation District, in the southeast corner of the state, is located in Imperial County, which is bordered by Mexico on the south and by the Colorado River on the east. The gross acreage within the District boundaries is 1,062,290, of which 501,264 acres now receive water, making the I. I. D. the largest irrigation project in the western hemisphere, It is represented on the Colorado River Board by Robert F, Carter, I.I.D, Gen. Mgr. The 80-mile-long All-American Canal delivers water to the District from the Colorado River, its sole source of water for agricultural, industrial and domestic purposes, The canal, placed in service in 1942, replaced the old Alamo Canal, which traveled much of its distance through Mexico, The District maintains more than 3,200 miles of canals and drains, In 1974, Imperial Valley, known as the "Winler Garden of America," produced crops with a gross value of $557 million. The livestock and dairy industry alone showed a gross value in excess of $155 million, Imperial Valley cattle-feeding operations are the largest in the world. The All-American Canal has made possible the production, in large quantity, of high-quality winter and early spring vegetables and fruits. In 1974, twenty-one crops exceeded a million dollars in gross value, led by sugar beets at $89 million, ~~, l'l\ n i, :' ~, i ~ ~ " ,-;i: p-1.'" " \' ,~: J.),) \\ .~ ~l~t '\ Robert F. Carter Board Member The Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power supplies water and electric service to nearly 2,800,000 residents of the third largest city in the u.s. The Department's assets in 1974 were $2.6 billion making it the nation's largest municipal water and power utility system, Its representative on the Colorado River Board is Robert V. Phillips, General Manager and Chief Engineer of the Department. The city imports approximately 80 percent of its water supply through the Owens Valley Aqueduct System. This system has been in operation since 1913 and the system capacity was increased by nearly 50 percent by the completion of a second aqueduct in 1970. The city is one of the original member cities of the Metropolitan Water District and receives Colorado River water through the Colorado River Aqueduct. Water use in Los Angeles in 1974 averaged 506 million gallons a day, with a per capita use of 181 gallons daily, Aft\ l' J ~~ ;~:< r,~ _ -..". -' ~ \ ,),-';;'" ~ V Robert V. Phillips Board Member The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California built and operates the 242-mile-long Colorado River Aqueduct which has been delivering more than 1 ,000,000 acre-feet of water from the river annually to the coastal plain of Southern California. The District has also begun to distribute initial quantities of the more than 2,000,000 acre-feet of water from Northern California that it will ultimately obtain from the State Water Project. During 1975, the District will distribute approximately 570,000 acre-feet of SWP water. The District is represented on the Colorado River Board by Warren W. Butler, Chairman Emeritus of lhe District's Board of Directors, , The coastal plain service area of the District covers 4,900 square miles, with a population of more than 10,500,000 and an assessed valuation of more than $38 billion. To deliver northern water to its member agencies, the District is expanding its facilities at a cost of more than one billion dollars, It has an investment of more than $500 million in its Colorado River Aqueduct and its distribution system, ( /1: ~~~- .,"") .~'" ~r~ Warren W. Butler Board Member