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ami the total I'ost of \vat<>r to individunls, particuhirly those usinjf 

 private piimpinjj plants to supplement the distriet supply. 



Casts of water l«> irrijrators served by water companies are shown in 

 Table 40. It will Ih' notieed that the eosts of water delivered by eoni- 

 panies tlivertinjj gravity water have been eomputt'd by aildinj; assess- 

 ments and water tolls in l'.*'J'J to interest at (» per eent on the estimated 

 value of the capital stoek. The cost to irrigators in the companies 

 cleliverinp water pumpe«l from wells includes the assessments and tolls 

 for IP'JI) in addition to interest and depreciation on the investment in 

 works. 



Table 41 includes the estimated costs of pumpinjj with individual 

 plants for three ownerships. Tlu* method ti.sed in determinintj cr)sts 

 has b«vn explained previously. The cost of water from individual 

 |)lants is subject to much jrreater variation than indicated l)y Tabic 

 41. In order to indicate the extent to which the cost of pumpinp varies 

 according to the capacity of the pumpint; plant, the pumpinp lift, and 

 the quantity of water jnim|>ed. Tables .IT and :{S have been prepare*!. 

 The costs of pumps aiul wells were based upon prices prevailinj; in 

 1929, and power costs were computed from the P-4-0 scliedule of the 

 Southern California Edisf>n Company. Depreciation was accounted for 

 by eslabli>hiii!.' a sirikiuir fund, the annual deposit amountinjr to 8.M3 

 I)er eent of the first cost of the pumpinp efpiipment and '\.'Mi per cent 

 of the well cost eorrespondinp to an estimatcfl life of ten and twenty 

 years, respectively. Interest was charged at G per cent and an addi- 

 tional 1 jx'r cent was allowed for taxes. Annual repairs were esti- 

 mated to vary from $4;'' for the ;Miorscpower plunper pump to $75 for 

 the 2r>-horsepower deep well turbine. 



Co»t of Water to irpigatori in Kern County Served by Public Utility Water 

 Companies. 



A preat deal of the area in Kern County now supplied with jrravity 

 water, exclusive of the Huena Vista Water Storape District, is serve*! 

 by public utility water companies controlled by the Kern County Canal 

 and Water Company. Hakersfield. These companies are .separately 

 iri' 1. altliouirh tliev are *<• \ by the controlling company 



uie. . ;.. ..ireetion of a clii'f """ ..ad a superintemlent. In addi- 



tion to these public utility • there are various private canals 



diverting water, the majority of which are controlled and operate*! 

 by the Kern Cotinty Lanfl '" My. 



The water supply ti'^ed l-.. mpanies is obtainetl from the 



natural flow of Kern Kiver, the <i ns Iwinp poverned in the first 



place by the Miller Ilappin apreement entered into by owners of lands 

 in the vicinity of Huttonwillow of the first i>art and the 



variou.s canr!^ - lies ai;' '•'-..,• .,, -ts divertinp water in the 



vicinity of i .! as j of the ...nd part, the apr<*ement 

 beinp broupht al>otit by the deeiiiion in the famous Lut vh Ilntjfjin suit, 

 which definite!}' r " " ' the prin- " ' • ■ ?s in Cali- 

 fornia. Later on. .... .-: i-erfc es- .. .,,. , ;.;... of •"-' '>f 



the diversions of the par ;" the v . part to the Miller ;» 



agreement, so that finally the diversion.s are made in accordance with 

 these two »!■ in the case of the di\ -; not men- 



tioned in the ><ii<i>'> nv i\<, <><^i<>rding to the dates of th* oij-ropriationa. 



