Counties File Suit Over Water Plan

The Regional Council of Rural Counties filed suit on Tuesday in the Sacramento Superior Court against the CalFed water accord, claiming that it is a cloaked effort to take control over northern groundwater and funnel it to southern water districts.

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October 3, 2000, 2:00 PM PDT

By California 2000

The coalition is comprised of counties containing watersheds that supply nearly 80% of California's water. The lawsuit marks a long-held complaint by rural counties that CalFed, a program that purportedly aims to restore the Bay-Delta ecosystem while concurrently increasing water supply systems for urban and agricultural interests, was set up to benefit water interests in the southern counties at the expense of the north.

Thanks to California 2000 Project

FULL STORY: Counties File Suit Over Water Plan

Monday, October 2, 2000 in San Jose Mercury News

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