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<br />Background
<br />The hurd.'r r<:~l(1O JII~..-1<.'d hy lh.-
<br />CI,lorJdn i~ lhl" area ,lion!; lhl" (:Jlil,'rniJ
<br />,lflll ArilonJ bnrJn' wlIh .\lnldl_ The
<br />tl'FlOll uKludn urb.lnllnl afCJ' ~u~h
<br />.1\ lne ,\kxil.lti"LJII'li.iu' .I./hllhc 'I,m
<br />Diego-'lijU.lllJ Jre.h, hut .1.1,,, llujnr
<br />Jgri(ulrur.ll Jre.l"ulh ,h thr Iml't.tiJI
<br />Jnd ~l..xicali I'JUrl" ,Il\.l imp<HlJllI
<br />cnvironrncflIJI 1~'.I.fUfC"~ Jlnng th.' 11\1.:1
<br />...,rriJIlI ,mJ II' ddtJ .It dlt" (;ult III
<br />l,Jlifl'rniJ.
<br />The rJpidl1" growing urbJlI J[,'.l\
<br />Jlun!; th.' borJer Jrl' 'p.l.wnlllg rl'giUlu!
<br />ccnnnmi,', dut JlU.I,-r populatIOn ,ll1d
<br />lIl'W Inn:'U1ICll1_ (:h,," ft,tlun. ,In
<br />JtlUrneywilh11.l.lch& I'MC"nt,wh"
<br />r("prnl'liI' w,lIer Jg,'n...i.''i Jud munu.:i"
<br />I'Jlilj.." nu!!;".! dut .\1<:XI';;O .11'CllunB lor
<br />S.U hilliun in If,l.!... .mnu,llly lhruugh
<br />,hl'S,[ll ni.,,t;o CUIlI'llll I )j'frId, The
<br />5,m Dil'p.-Tiju.lIl.l H'ginn,ll <"(Ullom\,
<br />II <lI1C of iiI<' enginr' dri\in,r; W.lIer
<br />Jeu,inn', ,h.. ',liJ. rell'rnng to lh<"
<br />~Jn I liego Courll~' \\/att'r ;\lI1horil~'\
<br />t:-.llC\X'AJ lrJlI'tn Jgrel'nlelll with
<br />linperiallrrig,uiulI llj'friu thJI Wd'
<br />pJt! n{,hl' QUJl1tdi":,llillll \1'ltk'JIlelll
<br />Agtl,.'tncnl (l)\;\),
<br />SJn Dieg" Count}' I' ....~p.,(l.,d t,)
<br />in(re.l't" in ".lIef u,t" I:w lll'i,Oon ,loe-
<br />ft"C'IIl("f}'...lf h} 20.:!() [{1 ke'f'I';ICe Wldl
<br />a projn-tl'd f'''PUlJlIllfl m~rC'ol'C to 5.H
<br />milliofl 1'<'01']('" ',Ild DJn Ikm"h!.....
<br />SnCWA ~l'flcral (oun,d. Rv 2020,
<br />Tjj\lJnJ'~ pOl'ula\lon ~our~1 he thc ',lOll',
<br />wilh currcnt WJlrf 11'(" lh,'rt" prol<"(Il,J
<br />to douh]l' 111 l-a.()On .I.ol'-Icrt per ,.<".It,
<br />ht".lid.
<br />A ,imil.u P,UlCIfI 1\ ClTlergillf: .lhoUI
<br />1;0 miles (".1,1 of .",lfl I)il'gll, what" the
<br />.\!.-xKan (11\' nl .\I,'xi(Jli 'prJwl, Jl"n~
<br />lhl' horder \llUlh uf H' lllu(h ,nlJIII'1
<br />('.IIi/olnt.l(OUml'II'JtI. (~Jll'\idl.
<br />.\It.'.\icali hJ,t:tIlwn III JfIl'\lImJII'J
<br />-<;0,000 pl'Opll' In ju>! .I tev.' dr(JdC\,
<br />Jnd will hit 1.2 millinn by 2020"
<br />Th<''>l' horJn ~o01muniljl" .1ft"
<br />(..mer, .,f e(<'nomK ~fowlh. hut ,hn-
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<br />re'OUf\(', 111.11 ,en'e llHlfli,il'JI,lIld
<br />luibaliun nn,J, ,lIId 'll'ldin l'n"lron,
<br />llIental 'Jlu("' 011 hurh ,id.., (If Ihe
<br />hottl.'r. Thl. fen'lll Jrnu~liI in tht.
<br />CllloraJIl Rivl'f ba,in i, .l r('mlfldt,t of
<br />h"w Ihlllh. Ih",e rO.lIu....., Jfe 'lfCld\l"J.
<br />,m.t flll Ol1e !..now, if Ihe drought hJ'
<br />I'nd,',j rl'l.
<br />B..."de' lhe lhrivin~ Cl."Olll>m~'
<br />oudined hy hJhm ,lIld olhcI'. ,here i,
<br />[he Cllnwnmelll Of the ColnrJtI" Rin:r'.
<br />rlpJri.lIl .:nrridur ,inti iI., dt"ll.l .II dlt,
<br />(;ulf of Califolfll.l. Onn" .I IWO-lllillillll'
<br />J~H' \\1:11.111.1 nmY'f"l11, thl' li\"l'r", JdlJ
<br />reglnn hd' ,hrunk III ,lhllUl 1<;0,00(1
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<br />fOlmnl}' Ilo"Td ll1lUll I' Ji\etted
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<br />f 1~IWC\"<-'f, thl' rCl1Iolillill!, wed,mJ,
<br />,till holJ 't!-,nrti(dl1l ('(olopcal \,Jlu...,
<br />I'fmiJiflb hJhllal tllr hundrrd, of
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<br />\X'ilh lh... JI"VdnplllCI1l uf IIw
<br />ColotJ~I" Ri"'I\ WJI..r .111.1 powrr
<br />rC',,,ur...c' hol~ come .In mlJux of pOl'ulJ-
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<br />GULF OF
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<br />lion and apiclllrur..., Intl'o,ivdy f:UIllt'J
<br />.HC'J' of \-llUlhe'HIl"tll Col]i!l)rn;d .liven
<br />.l11ll11\1 ,} milliulI .I,r..-t~'Cl of Woller per
<br />}'eJr frOll! llll' riVef to gmw .In JslOlIi~h-
<br />in~ vanel}' of no!"" SOlllh Of Ill<' horder,
<br />,\In:icolli /J.rnK't> Jho 11<(' Walt'r from Ih<"
<br />flH't and ~mundwJ\("t to ollfi\,;HI' CfOp'.
<br />f.tll.n, to rl"'lort' lht, low('1 ColmaJo
<br />Ri\'er in lh,. U.\, dmj ih Jd\.l h,lhil.Jl
<br />in ,\In;illll1ol''el,lkt''ll dl"laJl', to gJlfl
<br />mnrnl'lIlUlll. hut J':ll\'il~' hol' qul.:k....nl"d
<br />re(...lHlI- on huth ,id...... of Ihe hortkr.
<br />"Ule ,md (C'dl'I.lI ol~encie' in lit... U.S,
<br />h,IW tl'cC'nll~' ,i!;lWJ off 011 .I ;O-~'<"af
<br />.\lulri Spl"lW' Con'<.:f\'Jtion I'loP,Ull
<br />l.\lSCPl '" rl"'flUt' lTlOlt" thJn ~.IO(l
<br />J,rc, o( rlp,m.m hJhilJl h.'IWl'l'1l Iloover
<br />(),lfll Jlld lhe L:_....,,\kxj(o horJn. Thl"
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<br />olnJ wllluw hJhilJI. whik .It Ihe samt'
<br />Illll\' cn'urlfl!, cCflJilll\" ofrxisling ri,'<"r
<br />W.ilt'f olnd powrr operJliolh (~I't' Ihe
<br />Summer .:!O()<; h\IIl' of Rl/'eT &/",rt),
<br />It Jnyth;n~. Ilgunn~ nut WhJf to do
<br />olbOUI lht, Jclu f~\Im in ,\Icxi...o 01.1\' be
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