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<br />Erase Doubts on W'ater Deal
<br />For more thm five years. the giant water agencies
<br />that con'trol CaJifOl1lta'. supply from 1he Colorado
<br />. NIIwsptpur Ri"<n" have struggled tQ iolve the state', mOJt
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<br />~ shortages have pitted farmers against cines. and
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<br />Now. in an ugly twist, the hugo MctropolitaJ1
<br />Water District faces ~on8 that it may haye
<br />colluded with the federal government to kill .a
<br />hard-won d~ to Bend water &om farms to city
<br />ustr8. The cvidtllce is 1hin~ but ~implication is
<br />tIult the MWO. whitb serves 17 million. Southern
<br />Ca1ifomi~!I~ didn't want to deal with the ,tate's
<br />envirorunental demands.
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<br />Neighboring states and ~ federal gOVel'Wketlt
<br />have long demanded that Cslifomia reduce its hiscorice1 OVetUlC of
<br />Colorado River wa~ by as much aa 600,000 acro-feet a year. 'Ihat'S
<br />CIloogh to supply 1.2 million households. SID Diego County, which
<br />potentially could be hit hardest by the. reduction., has desperately JOUght a
<br />new Wf&ter supply to meet growth demands.
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<br />Cwnt:y officials finally reached a cODlplicated agreement last October with
<br />tho Jrnpt:riallrrlgation District, in agricu1turalli11periaJ C()UJlty, under
<br />which the 4;OU11ty would pay handsoniely for forma inigauon watm' tD be
<br />delivered over MWD pipes. In return, the fweml government would let
<br />California keep using excess Colorado River water for 15 more years.
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<br />A string of ~1IlW ~ODl:1 and threats followed. The deal seemed dead
<br />more tJw1 once. Tho Interior Departmont vJent ahead and rccWccd
<br />Califomia's water flow. including some to thlC Imperial dis1rict. IDlperial
<br />sued and a federal judge on March 18 ordered I'Clltorfrtion.ot the water. At
<br />the hearing, Imperial'>> t&wyer disclosed along ""maO from one ff:deral
<br />water official to anomer relating Il meen118 with MetrapOlita.ll oftlclllb.
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