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Show __2__ A. General Description, Physical Data and Financial Expenditures by the M.W.D. for the Colorado River Main Aqueduct, as of January 31, 1944. 1. Definition-The term "main aqueduct" is defined as the construction from Whitsett Intake Pumping Plant to Lake Mathews (Cajalco Reservoir). 2. Area Traversed by Aqueduct-From the Colorado River westerly to Lake Mathews near Riverside, California, the aqueduct line for 242 miles is located across mountainous and desert terrain subject to extremes of climatic conditions and generally devoid of inhabitants. Surface water supplies are nonexistent, and power sources remote. Prior to the period of M.W.D. activity, roads were few and poor and communication facilities were rudimentary. (See photographs, Plates 6, 7, 10 and 13.) 3. Title to Main Aqueduct-owned and operated by the M.W.D. 4. Cost-Exclusive of certain general costs and credits, the total cost of constructing the main aqueduct was approximately $134,223,004, all of which was paid by the M.W.D. 5. Financing-The first development to August 1, 1941, was financed by a $220,000,000 bond issue of M.W.D. bonds, a large part of which initially were sold to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, an agency of the United States, but were resold by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation at a profit, to private investors. 6. Purchase of Rights of Way and Property-The M.W.D. purchased land for right of way, camp |
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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. |