For Imperial Valley farmers, abundant water amid drought While other areas — including the farm belt of the Central Valley — face immediate supply cutbacks, the Imperial Valley continues to have all the water it can use. The valley is not connected to the State Water Project, which delivers water from Northern California. Its water comes directly from the Colorado River, which has continued allocations. The valleys share is ensured by agreements among the seven states that depend on the river, starting with the 1922 Colorado River Compact. In water law, one rule is supreme: First in time, first in right. As a result, Imperial County, with a population of 175,000, gets 3.1 million acre-feet of water a year. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, serving 19 million people, gets about 1.1 million acre-feet. latimes/local/la-me-imperial-valley-water-20140317,0,40370,full.story#axzz2wCq35Ep4
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:24:53 +0000
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