The swift waters of the Colorado River last week turned from their bed. Flashing in the sun, they poured westward across the desert, through the mountains, came at last into the thirsty streets of Pasadena, 225 miles away. The Colorado had not changed its course. The cool stream flowing over the desert and through the mountains was a man-made river, a giant aqueduct created to carry water to the semi-arid cities of Southern California's coastal plain.
One of the biggest engineering projects in the U.S., the new aqueduct system has been under construction for eight years, cost $186,000,000. It has been...
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