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<br />. <br /> <br />SignOnSanDicgo.colll > News> Special Reports -- Imperial's decision <br /> <br />Slg!).Q.'l~~~.~~.com <br /> <br /> <br />Hew QOQ,top ""Ice froM Cl,0JO' <br />SaQ Dteqo rro~ J"I ~ -CPO n"'~-~Ip. <br />.,.....aradF...I,IpIOS100 nollncW.... RePlcliOllll.PCl . <br /> <br />, <br />. <br />u <br /> <br />Page I of7 <br /> <br />. <br />.! <br /> <br />Home News I Todoy's Paper I Sporb~" dossiFieds~" Shopping .., Services 11~l.:. Entertoinment l4"~ Visitor Info. ~ ..... ~~h~ <br /> <br />A(lvertlslng InlQ About Us Cont"\;I; Vs feedbClck Site Inde~ Pr!yacy POlley <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />News <br /> <br />War on Terror <br />Metro <br />North County <br />California <br />Nation <br />Mel{ico <br />World <br />Business <br />Biotechnology <br />Technology <br />Science <br />Politics <br />MlfIt.lry <br />Education <br />Travel <br />Solutions <br />Special Reports <br />Features <br />Oblluarh~5 <br />Weather <br />Forums <br />Opinion <br />Columnists <br />U-T Dally Paper <br />U-T Email Edition <br />ArChhlo5 <br /> <br />!!!!,perial decision <br /> <br />San Diego County needs more water. Imperial County has a lot, but giving <br />some up could threaten Its agricultural economy and the Salton Sea's wildlife, <br />A landmark vote on what would be the natIon's largest ongoing sale of farm <br />water to cIties Is expected soon. <br /> <br />By Michael Gardner <br />COPlEY NEWS SERVICE <br /> <br />December 8, 2002 <br /> <br />This is the first of an occasional <br />series exploring how the <br />proposed water transfer <br />between Imperial and San <br />Diego counties could affect the <br />water future for all of Southern <br />California. <br /> <br />IMPERIAl. VAI.I.EY - John <br />Wesley Powell, the famed one- <br />armed explorer of the Colorado <br />River, once said thal "land as <br />mere land is of no value, \Vhat is <br />really valuable is thc water <br />pri\;!cge," <br /> <br /> <br />PEGGY PEATIIE I union-Tribune <br />Afarm.....orkerchecksthe5prlnkler5lna <br />freshly planted Ileld lleM Brawley. Part 01 <br />the water tran5fer deal calts for mor(' <br />efficient method5 of waterlrlQ crops, sa>'lno <br />farmers water -and money. <br /> <br />Powell's words have provcd prophetic for Southern California, a vast <br />region perilously close to a water crisis inflicted by divergent forces <br />swirling around the mighty Colorado, <br /> <br />Southern California's plight has been brought about by president and <br />pioneer, by celebrity and con man, by hurricanes in the desert and <br />drought on the coast, and by engineers and the clements acting over <br />more Ihan a century, <br /> <br />And its fate for the next {'entury may <br />be determined by five prc\;ously <br />anOn)1TIOllS citizens of the desert. <br /> <br />111t: Imperial Irrigation District board <br />must decide by Dec. 31 whether to <br />approve the largest farm-to-city <br />water sale in the history of the nation <br />as part of a cumplex seven-state <br />accord on sharing the Colorado <br />River. <br /> <br />Thc transfer of water to San Diego <br /> <br />hltp:/Iwww.signonsnndiego.com/ncwslrcponslw3tcrf20021208-9999-watcr .hlml <br /> <br /> <br />Yellow Pages <br /> <br />Bars & Clubs <br />Business Services <br />Computers <br />EducatIOn <br />Health & Beauty <br />Home 8. Garden <br />Hotels <br />Restaurants <br />Shopplno <br />Travel <br /> <br />Search by <br />Company Name: <br />I ~ <br /> <br />Local Guides <br /> <br />Cm <br />Coupons <br />Eldercare <br />F1nllnCllllGulde <br />Health <br />Homes <br />Jobs <br />Legal GUide <br />Shopping <br /> <br />12110102 <br />