Irrigation District Buys Farmland to Save Water
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Imperial Irrigation District governing board has voted to spend $77.3 million to buy 42,000 acres of farmland in the Imperial Valley to help save enough water to fulfill a historic water contract with San Diego.
Buying the land from Palm Desert-based U.S. Filter gives the governing board the option of letting it lie fallow so that water can be sold to the San Diego County Water Authority under a 75-year agreement.
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