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Show __7__ The Committee now submits this report, with findings as to the facts, and with recommendations relating to the six specific points included in your assignment. Report requirement for water for military and civilian use in the san diego area When the United States was drawn into the war, large military organizations, training camps, and industrial plants were established in and around the city of San Diego. The population of San Diego in 1940 was slightly over 200,000 and at that time, it was predicated that the growth of population would not exceed 350,000 by the year 1960. The influx of military personnel, defense workers, and their families, however, shot the population dependent upon the San Diego water supply system up to about 450,000 early this year. This extraordinary increase placed a great strain on many community facilities. The water supply was no exception. The meter records of water supplied by the city of San Diego disclose that the various military establishments, Federal housing, and the aircraft plants, during the years 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943, used 10.9, 17.5, 28.4, and 40.3 percent, respectively, of the total quantities of water delivered to the city, and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1944, about 45 percent of total consumption. The water supply of the city of San Diego is now obtained from three principal drainage basins located in the coastal mountains. The crests of these mountains are relatively near to the ocean and the streams are short and of erratic flows. Because of the seasonal character of the rainfall and variable nature of the run-off, the city has necessarily constructed, for water-supply purposes, a |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |