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<br />I:l~nle L.ine~ Drawn Uver water Klgms <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />20f2 <br /> <br />nnp:J/WWW.latlmeS.COmJHUMl:JNt:.W::>>JA::.Cl.. j IV1....'lUUUVU.> loo.nrmj <br /> <br />hostile act. We just want to solve a problem." <br />The MWD action represents a partial break with the drive <br />by state and federal officials, including Babbitt, to trim <br />California's use of the Colorado River by. encouraging water <br />sales from the agricultural districts. <br />The board action says that Babbitt "would place <br />unreasonably large water and monetary burdens on urban <br />Southern California ratepayers" by requiring those ratepayers <br />to pay some of the costs of conserving and storing water in the <br />agricultural areas. <br />There has long been sentiment at the MWD that it is time to <br />break what some see as the agricultural districts' hegemony <br />over California's water supply by forcing a change in the 1931 <br />allocation formula so urban and suburban areas will receive <br />more water and the surplus water issue is resolved. <br />The MWD statement used language that was sure to rile the <br />Imperial Irrigation District, by referring to water wasting in the <br />Imperial Valley and by suggesting that there is something <br />wrong with the Imperial Irrigation District's plan to earn a <br />profit by selling Colorado River water to San Diego County. <br /> <br />Coovright 1999 Los Angeles Times. All Rights Reserved <br /> <br /> <br />6 Search the archives of the Los Angeles Times for similar stories about: <br />METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT. IMPERIAL IRRIGATION <br />DISTRICT. COLORADO RIVER. WATER -- CALIFORNIA. RURAL <br />AREAS. CITIES. WATER RIGHTS. You will not be charged to look for <br />stories. only to retrieve one. <br /> <br />IE I Site Index <br /> <br />ffi <br /> <br />I News <br /> <br />1/13/998:02 AM <br />