Colorado River Aqueduct

Julian Hinds Pumping Plant
440 ft lift
Formerly known as the Hayfield Pumping Plant
This is the last lifting pump between here and the terminus in Riverside County.

Iron Mountain Pumping Plant
147 ft lift

Gene Pumping Plant
302 ft. lift

Eagle Mountain Pumping Plant
438 ft lift

Colorado River Pumping Station
Whitset Intake

Gene Wash Reservoir

Eagle Mtn Pump plant to Hayfield Pump Plant
Eagle Mtn pumps to 1407 ft.
Hayfield inflow at 1376 ft.

Colorado River Aqueduct
To San Jacinto Portal

Colorado River Outlflow at Iron Mtn to Eagle Mtn
Iron Mtn 1091 ft.
Eagle Mtn 971 ft

Colorado River Aqueduct
San Jacinto Tunnel

Terminus

Lake Mathews
Formerlly known as Caljaco Reservoir, Lake Matthews is the western terminus of the Colorado Aqueduct
MWD was formed after the St. Francis disaster. Many cities like Burbank, Glendale, Manhattan and Hermosa Beach may have joined the City of Los Angeles for the water. However after the St Francis disaster they lost confidence in the City of LA and turned toward creating the MWD.

Copper Basin

Parker Dam
Colorado River

Colorado River Aqueduct Features

Adit

Potreo Shaft

Cabazon Shaft

Bernasconi Tunnel

Coachella Tunnels

Cottonwood Tunnel
Cottonwood Tunnels

Coxcomb Tunnels

Dewatering Gate

Eagle Mountain Tunnels

Frieda Siphon

Hayfield Tunnels

Iron Mountain Tunnel

Mecca Pass Tunnels

Portal

Portal
Coxcomb Tunnel West Portal

Portal
West Portal

Coxcomb Tunnel East Portal

West Portal
West Eagle Mountain Tunnel

East Portal
West Eagle Mountain Tunnel

Hayfield Tunnel #2 Portal

West Portal
East Eagle Mountain Tunnel

San Jaciento East Portal
East Portal

San Jaciento Tunnel

San Jaciento Tunnel Adit

San Jaciento West Portal
San Jacinto Tunnel

Silt trap

Siphon

Tailings

Standpipes

Surge tank

Valverde Tunnel

Western Terminus of Colorado River Aqueduct

Whipple Mountain Tunnels

Whitewater Tunnels

Tunnel
Central AZ Project

Dewatering gate?

San Jacinto East Portal Adit

Construction Divisions

Intake/Walsh Lift - Division 1
Walsh Co.

Schedule 1 - Div 1
Aqueduct Construction Co.

Section 2 & 3 - Div 1
Barrett and Hilp Co.

Schedule 4 - Div 1
Jahn & Bressi Co.

Schedule 5 - Div 2
Jahn & Bressi Const Co

CW Woods Co
M J Bevanda Co

Barrett & Hilp Co
Macco Corp

C W Woods
M J Bevanda

Iron Mtn Tunnels - Div 2
Winston Bros

Utah Const Co

Aqueduct Construct Co

Coxcomb Tunnel - Div 3
Winston Bros

Aqueduct Constr Co

Three Companies Inc
Broderick & Gordon

Aqueduct Const Co

Schedule 14 & 15 - Div 3
Thompson Starrett Inc

Thompson Starrett

Cottonwood Tunnels - Div 4
J F Shea

Metropolitan Water District

J F Shea Co Inc

San Jacinto Tunnel - Div 5
Metropolitan Water District

Terminus - Div 6
Griffith Co