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County Water Board Sues US In Dispute Over Colorado River

Bond In Investing Savings Farmers in Southern California who use most of the state's disputed supply of Colorado River water have struck back at the federal government for taking some of it away.

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Bond Investment Toledo Toledo The Imperial Irrigation District, which provides the farmers with irrigation water, has asked a federal judge to block a decision by the secretary of the interior that reduces the district's allocation from the river. Imperial officials said a lawsuit was filed on Friday in federal court in San Diego.

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James Bond Trading Card The interior secretary, Gale A. Norton, last month ordered a reduction of about 7 percent in Imperial's water after a deal collapsed that would have transferred a similar amount of water from the Imperial Valley to neighboring San Diego County. In her legal capacity as "master of the river," Ms. Norton also reduced some of the water requested by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the big urban supplier in Los Angeles.

That's not enough to justify the construction of major storage project, MWD officials said. "Water doesn't appear to be readily available for storage, " MWD General Counsel Jeffrey Kightlinger said Wednesday at a joint hearing of the state Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee and the Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee. Because Colorado River supplies have become so uncertain, Gastelum said, the money earmarked for Cadiz might be better spent securing new water sources that aren't dependent on the river surplus.

Bond In Investing Stock In a letter sent to Ms. Norton, the Imperial district's recently named board president, Lloyd Allen, sounded a bitter and defiant tone.

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Municipal Bonds Investment "Simply stated, the action of your department is misguided, unjustified, unsupported by the law or the facts," Mr. Allen wrote, "and is an example of heavy-handed and unwarranted federal interference with intrastate water allocation matters."

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Bond Terms Trading "Our forefathers worked too hard to create the most productive farm region in the world," the letter continued. "While I.I.D. would prefer to have consensual agreements, we will not retreat from litigation to protect the lifeblood of our community."

Bond Debt High In Inside Ms. Norton's top water official, Bennett W. Raley, said today that he had not seen the lawsuit but that the Interior Department had been anticipating the legal challenge.

Bond Greenville Greenville "This was something that we expected and are fully prepared for," said Mr. Raley, an assistant secretary. "I don't think it is helpful, but we respect entities' ability to litigate if they are unhappy with government actions."

Trading Stock And Bonds An agreement to transfer some of the Imperial district's water to San Diego was supposed to signal a turning point in the long history of fighting over water from the Colorado River. It was a requirement of an accord reached two years ago among the seven states that draw water from the Colorado. But since the negotiations failed on Dec. 31, tensions have grown among the various groups in California and positions have hardened.

Bond Investing Municipal On Monday, the board of the Metropolitan district, which is involved in the talks, directed negotiators "to make no commitments" to the Imperial district beyond those made in October, which the Imperial board voted last month to reject. Also this week, two state legislators said they were considering legislation that would further cut the Imperial district's water allotment.

Basis Bond Finance Hill "The dynamic certainly has shifted," Mr. Raley said. "I think people are dealing with a new reality. It will be at least a matter of months before we can assess what direction California wants to go with respect to Colorado River water."

Bond Explained Terms Trading Mr. Allen, in his letter to Ms. Norton, blamed the government for the unraveling of negotiations. "Instead of government neutrality in the face of disagreements among the southern California water agencies, your department utilized heavy-handed tactics and threats against I.I.D.," he wrote. "Frankly, your actions are in stark contrast to the principles of the Bush administration."

Bond Business Investing Stock By Dean E. Murphy
New York Times - 1/12/2003

Topic: Water

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