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The Last Stand Of The Wild West: Twenty-First Century Water Wars In Southern California, Shannon M. Baker-Branstetter
The Last Stand Of The Wild West: Twenty-First Century Water Wars In Southern California, Shannon M. Baker-Branstetter
Shannon M Baker-Branstetter
In 2003, the Imperial Irrigation District of California agreed to transfer water from rural Imperial County to urban Southern California cities as part of a quantitative settlement agreement (QSA). The Colorado River water that the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) transferred to the wealthy coastal cities was held in trust for the residents of the Imperial Valley, the poorest county in the State. The following paper asserts that the IID Board of Directors breached its trust to the residents and farmers of Imperial County when it sold water rights to municipal districts in Southern California, thus acerbating the poor economic conditions …