The nation’s largest municipal water provider attempted to illegally divert water toward Southern California cities by buying up and throttling water use on thousands of acres of farmland, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Riverside County Superior Court. The suit was brought by the Palo Verde Irrigation District, which serves parts of Imperial […]
The state’s water users will find out soon if they will be paying for the $17 billion tunnel project called the California WaterFix. The controversial plan proposes building tunnels under the Sacramento Delta to secure the supply of water being sent south. But the plan is already finding itself in rough waters. The $17 billion […]
A proposal to build giant water tunnels under the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta suffered a setback last week when a key partner that was expected to help fund a big slice of the $17 billion project voted to pull out. That leaves the Metropolitan Water District — which supplies imported water for 19 million Southern Californians […]
What Gov. Jerry Brown has been pitching as his California WaterFix is seen by many San Joaquin Valley farmers as a checkbook buster. History may be repeating itself. Hang around long enough and comets return. Brown is having the same problem he had 35 years ago trying to update the waterworks created in the 1960s by his […]
Lawsuit Accuses MWD of Predatory Water Diversions in Riverside, Imperial Counties
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-TribuneThe nation’s largest municipal water provider attempted to illegally divert water toward Southern California cities by buying up and throttling water use on thousands of acres of farmland, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Riverside County Superior Court. The suit was brought by the Palo Verde Irrigation District, which serves parts of Imperial […]
California Water: Debating The Delta Tunnel Plan
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBS Quoted: Dennis CushmanThe state’s water users will find out soon if they will be paying for the $17 billion tunnel project called the California WaterFix. The controversial plan proposes building tunnels under the Sacramento Delta to secure the supply of water being sent south. But the plan is already finding itself in rough waters. The $17 billion […]
MWD To Debate Its Stake In $17B Delta Water Tunnels Project
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)by Sharon McNaryA proposal to build giant water tunnels under the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta suffered a setback last week when a key partner that was expected to help fund a big slice of the $17 billion project voted to pull out. That leaves the Metropolitan Water District — which supplies imported water for 19 million Southern Californians […]
History Is Repeating Itself For Gov. Brown’s Delta Tunnels Project
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby George SkeltonWhat Gov. Jerry Brown has been pitching as his California WaterFix is seen by many San Joaquin Valley farmers as a checkbook buster. History may be repeating itself. Hang around long enough and comets return. Brown is having the same problem he had 35 years ago trying to update the waterworks created in the 1960s by his […]