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Ground water worries mount for Kings County farmers after water rights sale to Mojave Water Agency

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 2, 2009 at 6:18 am

From the Hanford Sentinel:

“The battle over Kings County’s dwindling water supplies is going underground.

Fresno County farmer Philip Erro is circulating a petition asking Kings County supervisors to pass an ordinance prohibiting anybody from pumping ground water after selling their surface water rights.

The target of Erro’s petition is no mystery: Sandridge Partners, a Bay Area business partnership with 50,000 acres of farmland in western Kings County. Earlier this year, Sandridge sold $73 million in state water rights to the Mojave Water Agency in San Bernardino County. … “

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December 2, 2009 · Filed Under Groundwater

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