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<br />I' <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />:1 <br /> <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />,.."\ ,....... <br />.; ~:~t). <br />... <br /> <br />INTIlO[)UCTION <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />Colorado River Aqueduct <br />The Colorado River aqueduct is essential to the continued pros- <br />perity and growth of Southern California, Without it, material <br />and widespread retrogression is inevitable, The first serious water <br />shortage would cause property losses greatly in excess of tl1e entire <br />cost of the project. The supply of water now available from the <br />Colorado River will not only maintain the present basin develop- <br />ment bnt will make possible its expansion and the creation of new <br />wealth in the years to come. <br />Ordinarily a project of this magnitude never could have been <br />undertaken by any community that might have developed solely <br />upon the natural stream flows of Southern California; but by draw- <br />ing upon prehistoric underground water reserves, the wealth re- <br />quired to go first to the Owens River for Los Angeles, and now to <br />the Colorado River for Southern California, has been accnmulated, <br />This aqueduct draws its supply from an area totally different <br />from the present sources, and protected as it is by Lake Mead, the <br />huge reservoir formed by Boulder Dam, it is not likely to fail co- <br />incidentally with the local sources. <br />The thirteen cities whicl1 at tl1is time constitute the District, <br />undertook this project to insure their own future development, and <br />can bear the cost, It is believed, however, that the common interests <br />of Southern California will best be served if the benefits of the <br />aqueduct are distributed to all communities in need of additional <br />water, This can be accomplished by membership in the District <br />and by sharing in the advantages and responsibilities of what is <br />now a going concern, able to supply wholesale water to the coastal <br />basin commnnities, <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado Rive', <br />