Thirteen Volumes. 8vo. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Various Paginations. Numerous tables and photographic illustrations in each volume, including maps (some folding and color, including the "Map and Profile of the Aqueduct" at the end Volume I); text clean, unmarked. Blind- and gilt-stamped black cloth with the seal of the Water District stamped in blind on the front covers; bindings square and tight, very light shelf wear. Ex Library copy from the Copley Library with their bookplates on the front paste-downs and small pencil notations on the front free end-papers at the lower corners (these can be erased) as the only markings. Very Good. Volume I is entitled "History and First Annual Report For the Period Ending June 30, 1938," edited by Chas. A. Bissell and written by Frank Elwin Weymouth (1874-1941), who was the General Manager and Chief Engineer of the District from 1929 to 1941. Weymouth was an American civil and hydraulic engineer who worked for the Isthmian Canal Commission 1899-1903; the US Bureau of Reclamation Service 1903-1924; and was the chief Engineer and General Manager of the Colorado River Aqueduct which was operated by the Metropolitan Water District. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest supplier of treated water in the United States. It is a cooperative of 14 cities and 12 municipal water districts that indirectly provides water to 18 million people in its 5,200 square mile service area. It was created by an act of the California Legislature in 1928, primarily to build and operate the Colorado River Aqueduct. It includes parts of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. The district covers primarily the coastal and most heavily populated portions of Southern California although large portions of San Diego, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties are located outside of its service area.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Frank Elwin Weymouth, Annual Reports, Maps, Local History, Colorado River Aquaduct, Irrigation, Urban Water, Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Diego County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Ventura County