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First Los Angeles Aqueduct 1907-13

• With a length of 233

miles, the Los Angeles

Aqueduct was the longest

ever constructed up until

that time

• The Owens River has a

drainage area of 2,629

square miles (the Santa

Ana River drains a

2
watershed of 728 mi )

• The average flow was to

be 280 million gallons per

day