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The infrastructure that came with water in it? They built the Colorado River?
by 8note 5y ago
The infrastructure that came with water in it? They built the Colorado River?
- s1artibartfast 5y agoMost of the fights over water in the central valley is over water coming from the American and Sacramento rivers, not the Colorado river. Bonds were raised and contracts were made with farmers for X gallons at Y price. The state water project doesn't want to uphold the contracts and this is what the farmers are demanding. There is a separate fight also going on about new laws preventing farmers pumping their own water with private wells. The state holds that the new laws supersede the water rights of the farmers, but that restricting their use does not constitute eminent domain and the farmers do not need to be compensated. There are a number of heated cases making their way through the courts regarding this now. Last, the waters imported from the Colorado River are used for drinking and domestic use, not for agriculture.