Water Bond
From: Staff, San Diego Union
Tribune
State lawmakers are deep into
what hopefully are final negotiations for a major bond issue asking voters to
provide billions for critical water projects throughout this drought-plagued
state. As always in water matters, San Diego County has much at stake. The
region's legislative delegation must continue to present a united front and to
play an aggressive role to assure the region is not shortchanged.
From: Staff, KERO 23
Kern County water officials are
working on an ambitious plan to move water uphill. The plan will use the
California Aqueduct to move water 47 miles north to farms that need it.
In an effort to keep their crops
alive in this record-breaking drought, a group of growers will pay up to $9
million to have water flow up the California Aqueduct.
From: Staff, Stockton Record
Stockton can continue to pump
water from the Delta this summer, ensuring that its new $220-million
drinking-water plant -- funded by ratepayers -- won't be standing idle.
The city was one of thousands of
junior water-right holders in the Central Valley ordered to stop diverting
water in recent weeks because of the drought. That water needed to remain in
the rivers for those with older, more senior rights, the State Water Resources
Control Board said.
Water Supply
From: Rob Parsons, Merced Sun
Star
Millions of dollars and thousands
of gallons of irrigation water are potentially at stake in a civil trial that
opened Monday involving several prominent Merced County farmers and the Merced
Irrigation District.
The lawsuit, filed by Michael
Gallo, owner of the Gallo Cattle Co., seeks at least several million dollars in
damages and access to MID water for his Livingston-based farm, Bear Creek
Ranch. The specific amount of damages sought by Gallo could not be confirmed
Monday. The complex trial is scheduled to end by July 25.
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