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Environmental

Jun. 5, 2013

Judge backs water deal for Southern California cities

A Sacramento County judge on Tuesday upheld the validity of a hard-fought deal over how to divvy up shrinking Colorado River water supplies for Southern Califrornia.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Sacramento County judge on Tuesday upheld the validity of a hard-fought deal over how to divvy up shrinking Colorado River water supplies for Southern Califrornia.

Superior Court Judge Lloyd G. Connelly ruled that a series of 12 agreements, setting in motion a huge transfer of water from the Imperial Irrigation District to thirsty cities such as San Diego, were legal. Imperial County, the Imperial County Air Pollution Cont...

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