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Environmental

May 7, 2014

Underground acquifer company Cadiz defeats legal challenges

The company behind a controversial bid to sell water from an underground aquifer in the Mojave Desert to thirsty Southern Californians scored a major victory after an Orange County judge rejected several legal challenges.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The company behind a controversial bid to sell water from an underground aquifer in the Mojave Desert to thirsty Southern Californians scored a major victory after an Orange County judge rejected several legal challenges to the project's approval and environmental review. Los Angeles-based Cadiz Inc. has been trying for years to launch a project to sell its vast groundwater supplies to distant cities. Environmental groups, including ...

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