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Environmental

Oct. 27, 2009

Farmers Sue U.S. for More Water

Drought-stricken farmers in the western Central Valley launched another legal attack against the U.S. government to force it to deliver more water to the region.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Drought-stricken farmers in the western Central Valley have launched another legal attack against the federal government in hopes of forcing it to deliver more water to the region.

In a suit filed Friday in Fresno federal court, more than a dozen farmers sued the Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation, alleging it is not sending enough water to farmers in King and Fresno Count...

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