Riverside Water Sale Is Done; Deal with Feds Doesn’t Actually Exist

Dignitaries from Southern California water world made a big deal Thursday over Riverside officials agreeing to purchase water from oversupplied San Diego.

That deal is nothing compared to the larger one San Diego is pursuing to sell its water supplies across state lines for likely a much higher price. It’s a long way off from happening, but that plan, pitched by San Diego earlier this month, could rewrite how entire U.S. states share the drying Colorado River and Southern California’s main water supply.