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. .3GJJ ~I E T R 0 POll TAN W.\ T E R D 1ST R leT acre-feet of water delivered to constituent areas of ~t~ .J?istrict. as compared with 162,302 acre-feet for the previolls year, an in- crease of 51.5 percent. The water was delivered at an average rate of 340 cubic feet per second with the maximum rate of flow of 600 cubic feet per second. A total of 127.187 acre-feet of un- softened water was sold during the year as compared with 59.899 acre-feet for the previous year. an increase of 112.3 percent. The four largest users of unsoftened water were San Diego County Water Authority receiving 67,370 acre-feet, Orange County Munici- pal Water District 50,000 acre-feet. Pomona VaIley Municipal Water District 5,018 acre-feet, and Chino Basin Municipal Water District 3,135 acre-feet. A total of 116,958 acre-feet of treated or softened water was sold to constituents during the year a8 compared with 102,218 acre-feet during fiscal year 1952-1953, an increase of 14.4 percent. The four largest consumers of softened water during the year were City of Pasadena with 20,255 acre-feet, West Basin Municipal Water District using 18,751 acre-feet. City' of Los An- geles receiving 17,052 acre-feet, and Long Beach using 15.427 acre- feet. The maximum delivery of Colorado River water to the coastal area during the year was in June 1954 when 29.176 acre-feet was pumped; this is the highest monthly delivery of water since the beginning of operations, and is at the rate of 317 millions of gal- lons per day. The minimum monthly delivery was 6.896 acre-feet in February 1954, or at the average rate of 75 miIlion gaIlons per day. Crm::itl'llctio1l In 1952, the District initiated a $75,000,000 construction program to keep up with the growing water requirements. The principal features of the program include the instaIlation of two additional pumps in each of the five pumping plants on the main aqueduct, and the construction of 125 miles of 3 to 9 foot diameter pipelines. 2.7 miles of tunnels, and the 1500 acre-foot capacity Garvey Reser, voir. These are being constructed to provide an adequate supply of water to the 51 cities and unincorporated areas now in the District and in anticipation of the future expansion of the District in the immediate future. At the end of the year a total of $33,100,000 had been obligated on 49 major contracts for materials and construction work. or ap' proximately 44 percent of the total authorized expansion. On June 30, the gross contract earnings amounted to $18,487.000 or 56 per- cent of the total contract prices.