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Lower Eel River Storage and Lake Havasu Aqueduct--The selected Plan, shown on Drawing No. 65-314-21, proposes to obtain the second unit of 1,200,000 acre-feet from the proposed Sequoia and Bell Springs storage reservoirs on the Lower Eel River. This system, including railroad relocation and conveyance facilities to Sacramento River, is estimated by the State of California to cost $560,000,000. It is estimated that another $40,000,000 would probably be required for additional electrical and other facilities. The yield from this system, estimated at 1,200,000 acre-feet, would be pumped and routed through the Middle Fork Eel River system to Clear Lake and Monticello Reservoir; thence to the Sacramento River. The Middle Fork Eel River Project, generally provided for by the California State Water Plan, would need to be constructed by the State or the Bureau of Reclamation prior to importation of this water. The State now has the Middle Fork Eel River Project programmed for completion by 1978. Plans of the Bureau are well advanced for that unit, along with other facilities on the Eel and Russian Rivers. It is estimated that net pumping costs would be about $ 2,000,000 annually. Net operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of these facilities for the Lower Eel River Project, including pumping, are estimated at $3,000,000 annually. This plan proposes to add a 2,000 c.f.s. increment to the proposed East Side Division conveyance facilities from the Sacramento River through the Hood-Clay pump lift, and thence through the East Side Division facilities to the Kern River. From that location, a new 2,000 c.f.s. canal would be constructed to connect with the California Aqueduct at Wheeler Ridge Pumping Plant No. 1. Additional facilities required, therefore, will be the enlargement of the East Side Division conveyance facilities and construction of the 36-mile kern River-Wheeler Ridge Canal with 2,000 c.f.s. capacity. A new pumping plant with a head of about 150 feet will be required to connect this proposed system with the California Aqueduct at Wheeler Ridge. The total capital cost, on a reconnaissance basis, is estimated to be $145,000,000 for the facilities from the Delta through the east side system to Wheeler Ridge. Annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs for these facilities are estimated to be $1,000,000, not including cost of pumping energy. The annual cost of pumping is estimated at $7,100,000. From Wheeler Ridge, the increased water supply of 1,200,000 acre-feet would be conveyed through the California Aqueduct to Pearblossom Pumping Plant. The estimated capital cost for incremental conveyance facilities from Wheeler Ridge to Pearblossom Pumping Plant is $105,000,000. Annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs for this reach are estimated at $900,000. The net power required in this reach for pumping would be 3,740,000,000 kilowatt-hours. 27Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 13,506,560 byte