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% G O V E R N O R : ( C o n ' t ) KOESTER: GOVERNOR: KOESTER: GOVERNOR: stage. W© know today, for example, that even when the initial phases of the great Central Valleys Project have been completed there will still be urgent need for addi­tional water conservation projects in Northern California. We know that water needs in Southern California have long since exceeded the needs visualized when the great Colorado piver Project was first planned. Most of the time during recent years we have been lucky if we were just one jump ahead of demands for both water and power. Well, Governor, in vest of the state we have just come to the end of another irrigation season. How did we come out this year? It w a s n ’t what we could call a particularly good year. We started out with about ?5 per cent of our normal snow and rainfall in Northern California and 60 per cent in Southern'California. In the main, however, we had suffi­cient water although in the central valley there were some places where farmers had to stop irrigating early in September, By and large, the Sacramento Valley got through the irrigation season in fine shape. In the San Joaquin Valley it was nip and tuck in a number of irriga­tion districts and the best that can be said is that on the whole the valley just got by, "Just got by" is a description that can well be applied to the general situa­tion in Southern California. It w a s n ’t one of those years when municipalities had to pass ordinances making it illegal to irrigate lawns or wash cars. But, on the other hand, it w a s n ’t a year that encouraged a feeling of safety. How about power? We got through the year in good shape. It was a dry year but, as far as I know, there were no failures to supply all load demands. During the year production capacity -3 -