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Babbitt Signs Historic 7-state Water Accord

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
18 January 2001 - 9:00am

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt signs a sweeping seven-state water accord that assures water for Southern California for 15 years.

"A historic agreement signed by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt in Coronado yesterday virtually guarantees San Diego County conserved water from Imperial Valley farms as part of a sweeping plan to end California's overuse of Colorado River water...Without the pact, completed after five years of negotiations, officials feared that a new era of limits on the Southwest's largest water source could result in continuing legal and political conflict. "

Full Story: Babbitt signs historic 7-state water accord
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 17, 2001
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