Summary of Preliminary Surveys, Designs and Estimates for the Metropolitan Water District Aqueduct and Terminal Storage Projects, November 1930. Final Report of the Engineering Board of Review, December 1930
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 1930.
8.5 x 11 inches, 166 pp, with many maps, charts, diagrams, illustrations from photographs. Original printed wrappers. Library discard with related markings on the front endpapers, perf. stamp on title page, call number on spine. Otherwise very good. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California was created in 1928, as increasing residential and commercial development in the region began to overtax the existing water supply. Its purpose was the develop a domestic water supply via the Colorado river. The reports here discuss the engineering studies conducted and data collected to determine possible aqueduct routes, describe several different routes that were considered, and review the related legislation and legal and political obstacles. The Final Report concludes that "the best, the safest, and the most economical location for the acqueduct from the Colorado River is that known as the Parker Route" [which diverted water from the Colorado 150 miles below the Hoover Dam.] This recommendation was accepted, and in January 1933 work began on the Colorado River Aqueduct, which is now one of the primary sources of drinking water for Southern California.
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