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"Preview of Bulletin No. 136--North Coastal Area Investigation--September 1963." The following statement particularly is pertinent in that regard: "California is blessed with sufficient natural water supplies to meet present and all probable future needs, provided these supplies are prudently controlled, conserved, and distributed. In recognition of the importance of water to the maintenance of an expanding economy and to the health and welfare of the citizenry, provisions are being made to meet this unprecedented challenge of developing the State's water resources. Federal, State, and local levels of government are proceeding vigorously to fulfillment of this goal." Delivery of the needed import water to the southern California area is provided in the Initial Pacific Southwest Water Plan by means of North Coast storage reservoirs in the Trinity Basin (or alternatives) for benefit to the local area and conservation of 1,200,000 acre-feet of surplus water, transport of the water through the mountains to the Sacramento River, and thence, conveyance south through the following facilities: Enlargement and extension of the proposed East Side Division of the Federal Central Valley Project to connect with the California Aqueduct at Wheeler Ridge at the southern end of San Joaquin Valley; the previously discussed enlargement of the California Aqueduct from Wheeler Ridge through the Tehachapi Mountains to Cedar Springs Reservoir; and two separate conduits from that location. One of these would extend southerly from Cedar Springs Reservoir to Perris Reservoir with a connection to the Colorado River Aqueduct of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and the other would extend easterly and southerly to the vicinity of the Colorado River Aqueduct above the Hayfield Pumping Plant, with possible connection to Coachella and Imperial Canals. These facilities are discussed in the following sections of this report. Trinity Storage or Alternatives--A great many possible reservoir conservation facilities have been investigated within the North Coastal area during the past several years. Noteworthy reports covering the results of these investigations include the Department of the Interior's 1960 report on Natural Resources of Northwestern California, the Bureau of Reclamation's June 1963 reconnaissance report on Eel River Division, and a series of bulletins and reports by the State of California, the most recent of which is the State Department of Water Resources September 1963 Preview of Bulletin No. 136 on North Coastal Area Investigation. 22Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 13,750,272 byte