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GOVERNOR: ( C o n ’ t ) KOESTSR: GOVERNOR: KOESTER: GOVERNOR: was increased by 750,000 kilowatts and because of this expansion we were able to regain our stride in the race to keep power development even with current needs. The prediction now is for production to be increased by another 475,000 kilowatts during 1950. I think it is significant, however, that most of this increase in power is coming from, generating plants which use fuel instead of hydroelectric energy. Only about one-third of our increase in production this past year is from water power. How much of this increase in production has been contri­buted by private agencies, Governor? About 45 percent came through the expansion of facilities by private agencies and it is estimated that about 80 percent of the increase next year will be contributed by private agencies. Governor, is it possible to summarize in a few words what California has achieved through its tremendous investment in water conservation? There are so many ways of telling the story that it is difficult to: find a starting point. We might say, for example, that we have spent more on water development than any otper state in the Union. Wb might say that we have more land under irrigation than any state, 'ye might say that we were able to: absorb an. industrial expansion and a population increase during the past decade, the like, of which has never been seen in all world history. Y/e might say that water conservation projects have made it possible, year after year,, for California to be in either first or second place in agricultural production in the United States. But to my mind none of these statements really tell.the story. What has actually happened in California can more accurately be told through tracing the willingness of people to cooperate in gigantic under­takings, Water conservation got its start in California r 4 -