Description: Excerpt from Investigation of Alternative Aqueduct Systems to Serve Southern California: Feather River and Delta Diversion Projects; Appendix a Long Range Economic Potential of the Antelope Valley-Mojave River Basin The department of Water Resources carried cut the investigation of alternative aqueduct systems to serve southern California pursuant to appropriations of funds by legislative sessions or 1956, 1957, and 1956. The enclosed report Is published as an appendix to Bulletin Xo. 76, the engineering report on the Investigation prepared pursuant to the legislative direction. The conduct of the Investigation included projections of the growth of economic demand for Imported water in the Southern California Area. Basic to such projections were studies of economic development la the various component parts of the Investigational area. The Antelope Valley-Mojave River region constitutes a major undeveloped land resource within reasonable proximity to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. It has been the scene of an extensive land boon and has experienced substantial population growth In recent years. Because its future economic growth was generally recognised to be of a controversial nature, It was deemed desirable to have an outside agency make an economic study in the area that would aid the Department In preparing projections of growth of economic water demands. The enclosed report was prepared for the Department of Water Resources by the firm of Boot, Allen and Hamilton, Management Consultants, under Standard Agreement 57-5A-109 dated April 1, 1957, reproduced at the end of this appendix as Attachment No. 1. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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