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Water Fight May Leave Some O.C. Customers with Bigger Bills

/in /by /The Orange County Registerby Teri Sforza

The latest skirmish in the water wars asks the cryptic question: When is water not really water?

The answer, it seems, is when words in an 83-year-old law – a law conceived long before the notion that recycled sewage was anything but disgusting – essentially negate its existence. Such is the root of the latest conflict between two Orange County water giants. The rich and powerful Irvine Ranch Water District is suing the lord and master of Orange County’s groundwater basin, the Orange County Water District.

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Court Rules That Sale of Delta Islands Can Proceed

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby Ryan Sabalow

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s $175 million purchase of five islands in the heart of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has been cleared to move forward, even as legal challenges continue.

On Thursday, the 3rd District Court of Appeal lifted a temporary stay order it had issued in June that briefly prevented the sale from closing. A coalition of environmental groups and local water districts, along with San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties, had requested the stay as part of a broader lawsuit challenging the sale.

 

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Why San Diego Isn’t at the Table for Doomsday Colorado River Water Talks

/in /by /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

When a group of water officials from California, Nevada and Arizona get together behind closed doors to talk about potential cuts to California’s share of the precious and dwindling Colorado River, representatives from San Diego County Water Authority are not present.

They’re not invited, even though some of the multi-state negotiations have happened in San Diego. Even though the Water Authority depends on the Colorado River for about two-thirds of its water – any cuts to California’s supplies could affect how much water San Diego can use.

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