Imperial Cty. Air Pollution Cont. Dist. v. State Water Res. Cont. Bd.
As John Huston’s character in the film Chinatown (Paramount Pictures 1974) observed: “Either you bring the water to L.A. or you bring L.A. to the water.†Water means growth; growth necessitates access to water. The pull between this thirst for water and its limited supply has resulted in a tsunami of litigation over the distribution of this precious resource among competing interests. This is our second foray into a deep well of litigation between various entities over water, the commodity sometimes referred to as the “oil of the 21st century.â€[1]
Real parties in interest Imperial Irrigation District (Imperial) and San Diego County Water Authority (San Diego) sought to enter into an agreement to transfer 300,000 acre feet of water per year (afy) from Imperial to San Diego. Ultimately, the parties agreed to transfer 200,000 afy and conserve 100,000 afy for possible future acquisition by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) and Coachella Valley Water District (Coachella).
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