Excerpt from Feasibility of Serving the Hacienda Water District From the State Water Project In November 1960, the California Water Resources Development Bond Act was approved by the State's electorate, paving the way for the construction of the state Water Project as the first phase of the California Water Plan. Since that time, many local water service agencies throughout the State have contracted Kith the State for water service from the proposed facilities. Several water agencies have been organized since November 1960 expressly for the purpose of obtaining water supplies from the state facilities for the areas they represent. Prior to executing water supply contracts with water agencies, the Department of Water Resources makes studies of the agencies and the areas encompassed by them to determine the propriety of entering into such contracts. These studies are mode with the goal of evaluating (1) each area's future demand for supplemental water supplies, (2) the...