Legal challenge threatens water transfer between Imperial and San Diego
Posted by George J. Janczyn on December 11, 2009
An important supplemental source of water for San Diego appears to be one step closer to being cut off. A Superior Court judge has issued a tentative ruling that the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA) that opened the door to water transfers from the Imperial Irrigation District to San Diego is invalid. [please see my Dec 14 update]
There is also a federal lawsuit regarding the transfer, although no decisions have yet been made in that case (see my November 11 report for background information on the lawsuits and QSA ).
According to a report by the Silicon Valley Mercury News, Dennis Cushman, a manager with the San Diego County Water Authority, said “The water is flowing and will continue to flow indefinitely until the legal issues are sorted out,” he said. “There’s no panic button to press right now.”
The judge will hear arguments next Thursday before deciding whether to make the tentative ruling permanent. If he decides to do so, will that be the panic button?
This entry was posted on December 11, 2009 at 2:47 pm and is filed under Environment, Land use, Politics, Water. Tagged: Imperial Irrigation District, Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA), Salton Sea, San Diego County Water Authority, Water transfers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
