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<br />SignO~SanDiego.com > News> Special Reports -- Valley's elders recall how water made valley bloom <br /> <br />Page 2 of2 <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />Electricity didn't arrive until the <br />1930S. <br /> <br />. Valley's elders recall how <br />water made valley bloom <br />. Smaller runoffs could salt <br />the Salton Sea even more <br /> <br />"It was tough times," says Menvielle, <br />95. <br /> <br />The turning point, they agree, came when Imperial Valley leaders <br />pressed Congress into taking steps to tame the mighty Colorado River <br />in the 1920S. <br /> <br />"From that time on, we didn't have a day when we didn't have enough <br />water in the Imperial Valley," Corfman says. <br /> <br />But the two worry that may not be the case much longer. <br /> <br />With California desperate to trim its use of the Colorado River, <br />Imperial Valley farmers are under intense pressure to sell some of their <br />supplies to urban San Diego County. <br /> <br />"They want to take our water. Who will feed them?" Corfman asks. <br /> <br />Menvielle is convinced that a water transfer to San Diego, no matter <br />how much money it brings, will be only the beginning. <br /> <br />"They're going to be wanting more water and more water and more <br />water," he says. <br /> <br />Site Index I Contact SignOn I UTads.com I About SignOn I Advertise on SignOn I Make SignOn your homepage <br />About the Union-Tribune I Contact the Union-Tribune <br /> <br />@ Copyright 2002 Union-Tribune Publishing Co, <br /> <br />http://www.signonsandiego.comlnews/reports/water/20021208-9999-elders.html <br /> <br />12/10102 <br />