All-American Canal lining project set to begin this week
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on June 5, 2007 at 10:11 amThis from the North County Times:
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied a petition by the city of Calexico to reconsider the court’s April 6 ruling allowing the project to go forward, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
The city had argued that its residents would be harmed economically and environmentally by the lining project. Calexico is heavily dependent on cross- border commerce from neighboring Mexicali and has joined efforts with a Mexicali business group and California environmentalists in opposing the lining.
The project could save 56,000 acre feet of water from seeping into the ground every year. But in doing so, Mexican farmers will lose that ground water they have counted on for decades.
The lining opponents have said they are prepared to take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Calexico City Attorney Jennifer Lyon said last week that “all litigation strategies will be discussed with my council on June 5,” the newspaper reported.
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