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Environmental

Jan. 15, 2010

Judge Strikes SoCal Water Contracts

A Sacramento Superior Court judge invalidated a set of contracts Thursday that threatens to unravel a hard fought plan to divvy up shrinking Colorado River water supplies between various Southern California water districts.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Sacramento Superior Court judge's move Thursday to invalidate a set of water contracts threatens to unravel a hard-fought plan to divvy up shrinking Colorado River water supplies between various Southern California water districts.

The contracts include a deal to send huge amounts of water from the agricultural Imperial Valley to urban users in San Diego and the Coachella Valley t...

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