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the water would be lifted 650 feet and conveyed by a 75-mile, 2,000 c.f.s. canal to join the California Aqueduct below the Cottonwood Powerplant near Fairmont, Los Angeles County. The aqueduct would be increased 2,000 c.f.s. to convey the water to Perris Reservoir. The capital cost of the Sierra diversion tunnels and conveyance facilities to southern California (exclusive of exchange and storage facilities) is estimated on a reconnaissance basis to be $1,010,000,000, and the annual OM&R $2,100,000, not including cost of pumping energy. The net cost of pumping is estimated to be zero. Exchange water for the areas now served below the points of diversion on the east side southern San Joaquin Valley streams would be conveyed via the west side facilities. A 3,000 c.f.s. incremental increase would be made in the California Aqueduct from the Delta to Wheeler Ridge Pumping Plant. At that location a new canal would be constructed crossing the Kern, Tule, and Kaweah Rivers and terminating at Kings River. A pumping plant with a head of about 50 feet would be required near the Kings River to lift water into the higher elevation Kings River service area canals. The estimated capital cost (reconnaissance) for these exchange facilities is $260,000,000, including the estimated amount required to offset the adverse effect on existing powerplants below the tunnel diversions. The annual OM&R costs are estimated at $1,400,000. Pumping costs are estimated to approximate $6,100,000. 2Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 15,955,968 byte