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Environmental

Sep. 1, 2009

Tentative Ending to Battle in California Water War Pitting North Against South

In a case involving a long-running water war between the northern and southern parts of the state, a judge has issued a tentative ruling in favor of state water regulators and SoCal water agencies.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

In a case that reignited the long-standing divide between the parched southern half of the state and the wetter northern half, a Sacramento Superior Court judge has tentatively ruled in favor of state water regulators and Southern California water agencies in a contract dispute worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The dispute centered on a 26-year-old contract that the state Department of Water Resource...

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