Abstract
SEPTEMBR 29, 1931, the voters in a group of Southern California cities endorsed a bond issue of $220,000,000 to finance the construction of an aqueduct to bring to their borders a supply of water from the Colorado River. Final plans and financial arrangements were completed and actual construction work was started in December, 1932. Construction is now well advanced and completion early in 1939 is assured. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California consists at the present time of the cities of Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Compton, Fullerton, Glendale, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Marino, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, and Torrance. The District is governed by a Board of Directors, made up of representatives from these cities. W. P. Whitsett is Chairman of the Board. All engineering and construction work is under the direction of F. E. Weymouth, general manager and chief engineer; and R. B. Diemer, distribution engineer, is in charge of all work on the distribution system. Water for supplying the aqueduct is derived from floods conserved in Lake Mead, above Hoover (Boulder) Dam. The required flow is released into the river below Hoover Dam and rediverted at Parker Dam, 155 miles downstream. A main aqueduct 242 miles long carries the flow from the point of diversion to the Cajalco Reservoir, about 10 miles southwest of Riverside. The main aqueduct has a peak capacity of 1,605 cubic feet per second or, allowing for shutdowns for repairs, an average capacity of 1,500 c.f.s. Because of high ground to be crossed, and for other reasons, this flow must be lifted 1,617 feet. Five pumping plants are required, with lifts
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