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Litigation

Jul. 9, 2014

Water Wars: Conflicts arise over water transfers in the Central Valley

Some farmers in the parched Central Valley are hoping a deal to buy water from their brethren near Sacramento will keep their plantings alive this summer. But environmental groups have sued to stop the transfer.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Some farmers in the parched Central Valley are hoping a deal to buy water from their brethren near Sacramento will keep their plantings alive this summer. Gov. Jerry Brown has encouraged such water transfers as crucial to easing the drought's effects. But environmental groups have sued to stop one of the largest such deals to come to light since the drought, claiming that regulators have glossed over its pot...

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