Article to note: Byron-Bethany Irrigation District will sue to fight state cutoff

From the San Jose Mercury News:

“A rural East Bay irrigation district will sue state water managers to halt new water restrictions, claiming that the drought-management plan for users in the crucial Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta will destroy thousands of acres of crops, eliminate jobs and cut off water to the 15,000 residents of the suburban town of Mountain House.

The pending lawsuit by the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District, which serves 45 square miles of eastern Alameda and Contra Costa counties, marks the latest salvo in the battle over water in California as the state endures its fourth year of a punishing drought. … ”

Read more from the San Jose Mercury News here:  East Bay water district will sue to fight state cutoff

 

 

 

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