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Environmental

Nov. 23, 2011

Court hears arguments in water-transfer case

The state appeals court heard arguments Monday in a case that threatens a hard-fought deal to divvy up shrinking Colorado River water supplies among Southern California users.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state appellate court heard arguments Monday in a case that threatens a hard-fought deal to divvy up shrinking Colorado River water supplies among Southern California users. The deal includes government-brokered plans to send huge amounts of water from the agricultural Imperial Valley to urban users in San Diego and the Coachella Valley, which opponents say threaten farmers and divert water from the ecological...

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