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May 16, 2012

U-T San Diego

REPORT CRITICAL OF ’03 DEAL TO SEND S.D. WATER
By Mike Lee

El Centro — An alliance of Imperial Valley residents and former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre on Tuesday released a report that criticized the Imperial Irrigation District and raised questions about the landmark 2003 sale of water to the San Diego County Water Authority.

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Imperial Valley Press

Attorney claims Imperial Irrigation District makes decisions outside the boardroom
By ELIZABETH VARIN

El Centro — An alliance of Imperial Valley residents and former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre on Tuesday released a report that criticized the Imperial Irrigation District and raised questions about the landmark 2003 sale of water to the San Diego County Water Authority.

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Ramona Sentinel

RMWD plans water, sewer rate hikes
By Karen Brainard

Ramona Municipal Water District (RMWD) customers should be receiving notices in the mail with the district’s proposed “not-to-exceed” 8.4 percent treated water rate increase and 3.5 percent sewer rate increase for fiscal year 2012-2013.

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The Reporter

Delta plan draft released
By Melissa Murphy

A plan aiming to achieve a better balance between the demand for water to serve farms and cities while maintaining the ecosystem of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta was released Monday.

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Los Angeles Times

Company wants to tap Mojave's public lands for Southland water
Cadiz Inc. could realize $1 billion to $2 billion in revenue over the plan's 50-year life. Opponents say public resources are being used for private profit.
By Bettina Boxall

CADIZ, Calif. – Three decades ago a group of businessmen pored over NASA satellite imagery as part of a worldwide hunt for large groundwater reserves they could tap to grow desert crops. They found the signs they were looking for here in the sun-blasted mountain ranges and creosote-freckled valleys of the Mojave Desert, 200 miles east of Los Angeles.

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LA Observed

Cadiz project to mine Mojave Desert water is back
By Kevin Roderick

The plan cooked up by politically connected investors to deliver water from a remote corner of the Mojave to thirsty Southern California cities refuses to die after more than two decades.

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KUNC Radio (Colorado)

Colorado River Water Deal Reached
By Kirk Siegler

Colorado’s largest water utility has signed a truce with western slope water agencies and governments over its future use of the stressed Upper Colorado River.

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United Press International

California groups back fracking ban

Environmental groups say no amount of regulation can ensure so-called fracking of oil and natural gas deposits is safe for California.

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The Sacramento Bee

Oil industry says it will report California 'fracking' information
By David Siders

On the eve of a series of public hearings on hydraulic fracturing, a controversial but little-regulated method of oil extraction in California, an industry group said Tuesday that its members will voluntarily post information about their "fracking" operations on a disclosure website, Frac Focus, likely by the end of June.

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KXO Radio

Draft Contingency plan presented
By George Gale

(DuMars presents draft plan)…It was his Contingency plan for the Quantification Settlement Agreement...The Imperial Irrigation District Board decided a Plan B was needed during the appeal process of the invalidation of the QSA.

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