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	California Water Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In spite of the terms of the Long Term Water Agreement, studies by the Inyo County Water Department have shown that impacts to the valley's groundwater-dependent vegetation (e.g., alkali meadows) continue.
		LADWP was to return water to the lower Owens River by 2005, but announced in late February 2005 that it is unlikely to meet a September 2005 deadline.
		The water became more saline and alkaline, threatening the brine shrimp that lived in the lake, as well as the birds that nested on two islands (Negit Island and Paoha Island) in the lake.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/California_Water_Wars (1296 words)

	California Water Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By 1941, the extension was finished, and water in various creeks (such as) were diverted into the aqueduct.
		The water became more saline and alkaline, threatening the brine shrimp that lived in the lake, as well as the birds that nested on two islands (Negit Island and) in the lake.
		The Committee (and the) sued LADWP in 1979, arguing that the diversions violated the, which states that navigable bodies of water must be managed for the benefit of all people.
	www.pasadena.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/California_Water_Wars (1208 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Today, California's water wars are bogged down in a stalemate featuring three principal combatants: urban water districts struggling to slake the thirst of a fast-growing population; environmentalists intent on preserving both pristine canyons and imperiled species; and agriculture, the $30 billion industry that consumes upwards of 80 percent of the state's developed water supply.
		California farmers are now facing an unprecedented challenge from foreign growers capable of producing most of the same crops produced in California but at much, much lower costs.
		But it is California agriculture's enormous thirst for irrigation water that has helped run up the bill taxpayers have paid over the past century for the construction of an intricate network of massive dams, reservoirs and aqueducts.
	www.missionpeakflyanglers.org /DownOnTheFarm.htm (2067 words)

	Liquid Gold Exhibit - Water Resources Center Archives - University of California
		Los Angeles' diversions of water from the Mono Basin resulted in approximately a 45-foot decline in the water level of Mono Lake and a reduction in the surface area of the lake from 54,924 acres in 1941 to 37,688 acres in 1982.
		Decision 1631 also restricts future water exports in a manner that is intended to result in the water level of the lake rising to an elevation of 6,391 feet in approximately 20 years.
		California has all of the requirements for the development of large amounts of hydroelectric power: mountain ranges of sufficient height and slope to provide the necessary fall, precipitation on the higher elevations so that adequate runoff is available, and ample storage sites.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /WRCA/exhibit.html (3661 words)

	Owens River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The site of a long-running chapter of the bitter California Water Wars, the river formerly drained into Owens Lake but has been entirely diverted for irrigation and drinking water.
		The acquisition of water rights for the Los Angeles Aqueduct under the direction of William Mulholland was highly controversial and led to violence and sabotage by local residents in the 1920s.
		The diversion of water and the subsequent desiccation of Owens Lake remains highly controversial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Owens_River (359 words)

	Coastal Post Online
		Three-fourths of California's water use is south of Sacramento, while three-quarters of California's precipitation falls north of the capital.
		Water agencies must now determine that a sufficient water supply is available, not only for newly proposed large housing developments, but for existing customers as well, before those new developments are approved.
		The California Chapter's mission is to bring California together to forge a better future; provide the vision and leadership that fosters better planning for California; build public and political support for sound planning; and provide its members with the tools to advance the art and science of planning.
	www.coastalpost.com /02/10/13.htm (907 words)

	EWG in the News \|\| Story Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the western San Joaquin Valley, a desert is blooming with cotton and produce, all sustained with water from California's northern rivers.
		Water is pumped from the delta to San Luis Reservoir through the Delta-Mendota Canal, and from there it is delivered to Westlands through the San Luis and Coalinga canals.
		Water from north state reservoirs — Shasta Lake on the upper Sacramento River and Trinity Lake on the Trinity River — is sent southward, down the Sacramento River.
	www.ewg.org /news/story.php?id=4540 (2239 words)

	Water wars / California's 'liquid gold' shouldn't be entrusted to private conglomerates
		Fortune Magazine calls water the oil of the 21st century: "the precious commodity that determines the wealth of nations." The Central Intelligence Agency says that by 2015, access to drinking water could be a major source of international conflict around the world.
		But water that falls from the sky or flows through rivers is not necessarily the same as clean, drinkable water.
		Citizens typically become aware of the struggles when the water bills shoot through the roof, when the water service taken for granted is contaminated or interrupted, or when environmental damage becomes too dire to ignore.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/11/INGBJ7I02E1.DTL (1874 words)

	CFWC - California Farm Water Coalition
		California agriculture as we know it today—and the benefits we all receive from it—is a relatively recent phenomenon, made possible primarily by the advent of large-scale irrigation, which changed the face of the landscape and the very nature of the industry.
		When Easterners came to California, “the mission gardens were their first images of the kinds of agriculture they could have—these were the images of agricultural promise,” points out California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who has just finished the sixth volume in his ongoing study Americans and the California Dream.
		California agriculture began evolving in a new direction as farmers turned from wheat to a mix of new crops.
	www.cfwc.com /archives/farm_water_report/apr95.html (4154 words)

	Sacramento Lawyer: Water Law - January/February 2003
		But without question O'Brien is in the vanguard of California water lawyers who in effect shape a strange body of law, one at the same time more rooted in medieval tradition and yet evolving faster and more significantly than any other.
		Working at the forefront of the burgeoning water transfer area, O'Brien not only writes and lectures on the subject, but has been instrumental in negotiating important transfers of Northern California water to the lower San Joaquin valley, including sales of "conserved" water - supplies that result from improved techniques for managing agricultural water uses.
		These transactions foreshadowed deals of such momentous proportions as the pending transfer of conserved water by Imperial Irrigation District to the City of San Diego, a means of preserving the future of an entire metropolis that would have been unimaginable only a few years ago.
	www.sacbar.org /members/saclawyer/jan_feb2003/obrien.html (1261 words)

	AlterNet: EnviroHealth: Building a Water Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Now, water rates for Stockton residents have risen two years in a row, customer service requirements have been unfulfilled, maintenance tasks are backlogged and OMI-Thames dumped chlorinated water into an irrigation canal, resulting in a $125,000 fine from the state.
		These communities are also battling Thames Water, the third largest water company in the world, which has taken over local water utilities in 27 states across the country with the intent of profiting from delivering water to millions of homes.
		Water should be protected as a public commons, not subjected to international trade laws or the open market, which would deem it a commodity and sell it off to the highest bidder.
	www.alternet.org /envirohealth/22144 (2077 words)

	Why Water Privatization Adds Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In a speech to the California Water Policy Conference, Adrian Moore recounts a solid track record of success, notes that failures are the small exception, and proves that research and experience show it is a viable option in the right time and place.
		Mission of The Imperial Valley Water and Wildlife Coalition (12/11) The Imperial Valley Water and Wildlife Coalition is committed to improving the quality of life – both economically and environmentally – throughout the Imperial Valley basin.
		Privatization of water and wastewater services does not change the system for ensuring the water is safe and reliable.
	www.rppi.org /waterprivatization.shtml (2006 words)

	Preserve Hetch Hetchy Bay Area Council
		In a time when the state is gasping for water, to suggest that the Bay Area give up its water rights, significantly reduce its water quality, put in jeopardy the water supply of 2.4 million residents and seriously risk losing its most prominent industries, is simply inappropriate.
		California's water infrastructure hasn't been expanded or improved since the 1960s, despite population that has more than doubled.
		If anything California needs more water storage facilities and not to spend time and money studying the destruction of one of the largest supplies of clean drinking water in California.
	www.bayareacouncil.org /siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=dkLRK7MMIqG&b=251761&action=1418&template=x.ascx (934 words)

	The Business Forum Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Behind that overriding question are the supply and demand elements of California’s water industry – mushrooming population and very few increases in developed water supplies.
		However, water prices are administered and may not (and probably often do not) reflect the value of water in different uses.
		In California, willingness to pay for reliability is much higher today than it was 15 years ago because of the ongoing demand-supply squeeze.
	www.bizforum.org /Journal/www_journalDP003.htm (946 words)

	Water - Pulgas Water Temple - Erik Goetze - 77/265 - World Wide Panorama
		There are plans for San Francisco to increase the water it removes from the river up to 400 million gallons per day, which resulted in the Tuolumne River being named as one of the ten most endangered rivers in the US.
		After a century of water system development, the impact of removing vast amounts of water from the wilderness is increasingly being taken into consideration.
		The water wars are likely to continue since so many constituencies (fishermen, farmers, boaters, industry, agriculture, cities, tourism) depend on limited amounts of freely flowing water.
	geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp605/html/ErikGoetze.html (624 words)

	Brent Haddad's book: Rivers of Gold, 01-17-00
		Virtually all water in California is already spoken for by farms, cities, and environmental interests.
		That occurred in the Owens Valley area of southern California, a saga that is depicted in both Cadillac Desert and Chinatown.
		If water ranching is discouraged and no new allocation system is put in place, Californians will have three options, according to Haddad: conservation, which is already taking place; water recycling, which many find unpalatable; and desalination of seawater, which is prohibitively expensive.
	currents.ucsc.edu /99-00/01-17/haddad.html (962 words)

	Water Wars
		The blunt truth is that the lack of water and agricultural land is a significant contributory factor to the tragic conflict we see unfolding in Darfur.
		He calls himself a ''Southern Baptist evangelist,'' and justifies the war and killing with a verse from the Gospel of Matthew, which he often recites: ``Give unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's.
		The mission of a public water system is simple: Deliver safe, clean and affordable water to you and your family.
	www.oilempire.us /water.html (5862 words)

	Congress passes landmark water bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Passing this bill was also key, lawmakers said, because the Calfed agreement should end California's water wars and keep these projects from being tied up in the kind of court fights that could indefinitely delay or kill them.
		Having a stable, reliable water supply, he said, is key to the state's economic future.
		"Water in the West has gone from an issue that never showed up on anybody's thermometer to one that is hot," said Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., chairman of the Senate committee on energy and natural resources.
	www.ocregister.com /ocr/2004/10/07/sections/news/news/article_266993.php (865 words)

	Planet Ark : California Moves to End Colorado River Water Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		California has been using around 5.3 million acre-feet per year from the Colorado River but is legally only entitled to 4.4 million acre-feet through water rights secured in some cases more than 100 years ago.
		Under the deal, water will be transferred from agricultural agencies to urban water districts with farmers paid to retire land on a temporary two-year rotation.
		As California's dependence on water from the Colorado River is gradually reduced, the other Colorado basin states will be able to claim their legally entitled amounts of Colorado River water over the course of the 75-year deal.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/22414/story.htm (686 words)

	ESPN.com - Bassmaster - Water Wars: News update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The risk of an actual military war being fought over water is increasing because of an explosive global population growth and widespread complacency, according to scientists who attended a World Water Week conference here.
		Additionally, stream gauges along California's Merced River show that the melt has receded during the past two decades from midspring to early spring or even late winter.
		For example, the Fraser Water Users Authority, which serves the San Joaquin Valley, has asked the federal government to build a new dam higher up the river to catch more runoff and improve flood control.
	sports.espn.go.com /outdoors/bassmaster/news/story?page=b_fea_bt_0411_news_update (532 words)

	We Can't Afford to Let the Extremes Dictate the Future of California's Water Supply (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		water stored during wet years for use during dry years as potentially damaging to the ecosystem.
		And there are those who want iron-clad assurance a full allocation of water will be available for agriculture and urban use no matter what damage this could cause to the environment.
		-- Improved water management: includes smarter use of water supplies and facilities to reduce the environmental impact of water exports; water transfers; conservation; reclamation; drought planning; and a joint point of diversion for state and federal water projects.
	www.senate.gov /member/ca/feinstein/general/Speeches01/CALFED.html (601 words)

	California, Water, Privatization, outsourcing, competition, Michael DeAlessi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		(1/21) California's water wars received national attention recently when a potential water transfer from agricultural Imperial Valley to urban San Diego fell through at the last minute, resulting in a major loss of water for all of California.
		California's war on sport utility vehicles shifted into high gear with the backroom passage Monday of a bill that would commandeer consumer choice in automobiles under the largely fraudulent pretense of combating global warming.
		California's coastline is one the most gorgeous and dramatic in the world.
	www.rppi.org /beachbums.html (2466 words)

	THE STONY CREEK WATER WARS - California State Water Resources Control Board position on their Stony Creek jurisdiction, ...
		An as-yet un-located piece of the puzzle is the June 24, 1922 settlement between the U.S. and the State of California in the Angle case.
		If water is available in excess of that which has already been allocated -- whether by the courts, operation of law, or permit -- then the Board may approve a requested appropriation.
		Because-the proposed appropriation is within the adjudicated area, the county may, in addition to acquiring a permit from the State Board, have to obtain authorization from the Court to exercise a new permitted right.
	www.mjbarkl.com /swrcb1.htm (1013 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Bay-Delta program broken, say former governor, Interior secretary
		SACRAMENTO – A decade-long effort to end one of California's internal water wars and safeguard the water source for 22 million residents is floundering in a bureaucratic morass just when it is needed most, former Gov. Pete Wilson and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said.
		The delta collects and filters Northern California water, much of which is then pumped to farmers and Southern California cities.
		Vision and leadership have fallen victim to bureaucratic squabbles, Wilson said, to the point that federal participation was stalled for nearly a year because of a legal dispute over whether federal officials needed to file state conflict-of-interest statements.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20050826-0018-wst-californiawater.html (538 words)

	UCSD Social Sciences
		Water and infrastructure guru Steven Erie, a professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, will discuss "Chinatown’; Old and New: Southern California Water Wars at the Social Sciences Supper Club May 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.
		But, according to Erie, there is a new "Chinatown" brewing that involves San Diego, the Texas billionaire Bass brothers and the San Diego County Water Authority’s proposed lease of up to 500,000 acre-feet of "conserved" water from the Imperial Irrigation District.
		Erie, an expert on urban politics and Southern California infrastructure issues, will illuminate the region’s water wars and San Diego’s most recent efforts to gain independence from the LA-based Metropolitan Water District.
	ucsdnews.ucsd.edu /newsrel/soc/dsupperclub.htm (267 words)

	Los Angeles’s Water Wars: Revisiting Owens Lake \| The Sustainable Metropolis \| Metropolis Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We Los Angelenos are on a weekend tour of Owens Valley, ground zero of the California water wars; the event has been organized by the non-profit Center for Land Use Interpretation.
		Consumers are starting to feel the effects; in May 2004, the DWP raised water rates for the first time in 11 years.
		Once a body of water 100 square miles wide and 30 feet deep, Owens Lake is now a dry bed that generates unhealthy levels of wind-blown dust.
	www.metropolismag.com /html/sustainable/case/OwensLake.html (937 words)

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