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Mr. Wm. Reinhardt Page 5 July 6, 1951 The Commission, in a very lengthy opin ion, d iscu ssed the a v a i l a b i l i t y o f w ater to the c i t i e s served by the C a lifo r n ia Water & Telephone Company, p a r t ic u la r ly the c i t i e s o f Chula V is ta and N atio n al C ity, and a d jo in ­in g t e r r it o r y in San Diego County, and found that there was a g re a t excess o f water d e liv e re d to those two p a rt­ic u la r c i t i e s over and above the useage to which they were e n t it le d from the San Diego County Water A uth ority which was o b ta in in g w ater through the San Diego Aqueduct, a branch o f the Colorado R iv er Aqueduct o f the M etrop oli­tan Water D is t r ic t o f Southern C a lifo r n ia . The Commission a ls o found that the two r e s e r v o ir s o f the w ater company with a capacity o f 52,000 acre fe e t , p re se n tly have useable storage o f approxim ately 6,000 acre f e e t , which the a p p lic an t estim ates would be reduced to 2,500 acre fe e t by December 31, 1951. The Company has been g e tt in g excess w ater fo r the c i t i e s in question from c e rta in su rp lu s w ater from the C ity o f San Diego and has been n o t if ie d th at the City o f San Diego would re q u ire i t s f u l l allotm ent o f Colorado R iv er Water commencing May 1, 1951. The Commission a ls o found th at there were pre­lim in ary p lan s and d esigns fo r con struction o f a second b a r r e l o f the San Diego Aqueduct, which would be completed in 1953 o r 1954, and which would e n t it le a p p lic a n t to an a d d itio n a l supply o f w ater, which a s a m atter o f fa c t would only make up the d efic ie n c y now overcome by the use o f the surplus w ater made a v a ila b le by the City o f San D iego. The Commission thereupon issu e d i t s Order perm it­tin g amendment to Rule No. 2 o f the Rules and R egu lation s o f the Sweetwater D is t r ic t o f - the ap p lican t by adding to s a id ru le the fo llo w in g language: "No a p p lic a tio n fo r the extension o f se rv ic e to any su b d iv isio n , as h e re in a fte r d efin ed , w i l l be granted nor se rv ic e rend­ered to such su bd ivisio n u n less a p p lic a tio n th e re fo r has been made on or p r io r to A p r il 13, 1951, except as h e re in a fte r provided. "A su b d iv isio n i s d efin ed as any lan d o r lan d s, d iv id e d o r proposed to be d iv id e d , f o r the purpose o f s a le or le a s e , immediate or fu tu re , in to f iv e (5 ) o r more lo t s or p a r c e ls .