Metropolitan Water District of Southern California aiming to buy Northern California water
2/11/2022 1:30:28 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Amador County, CA
Butte County, CA
Colusa County, CA
El Dorado County, CA
Glenn County, CA
Lassen County, CA
Los Angeles County, CA
Modoc County, CA
Nevada County, CA
Orange County, CA
Placer County, CA
Plumas County, CA
Riverside County, CA
Sacramento County, CA
San Bernardino County, CA
San Diego County, CA
San Joaquin County, CA
Shasta County, CA
Sierra County, CA
Siskiyou County, CA
Sutter County, CA
Tehama County, CA
Ventura County, CA
Yolo County, CA
Yuba County, CA
Start Date: 2/10/2022
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The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California instructed its staff to begin negotiating the purchase of up to 100,000 acre-feet of water from the Sacramento Valley.
Metropolitan has purchased water from Northern California in eight of the past 16 years. The water deals can raise hackles in farm country, where water sales will result in fewer cultivated acres and hurt the local economy.
In 2021, Metropolitan tried to buy up to 65,000 acre-feet of water from Northern California, but supplies were too short. Farmers would only sell 5,600 acre-feet, costing Metropolitan $5.3 million.
Metropolitan hopes that there will be more water for sale this year since the State Water Project has already announced allocations of 15%.
The Sacramento Bee (Calif.), Feb 10, 2022
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