US EditionMetropolitan Water District and San Diego End Battle over Colorado River Water — and Set Price
- A legal dispute between the San Diego County Water Authority and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has ended with a settlement on water prices after 15 years of litigation.
- The settlement establishes a fixed price starting at $671 per acre-foot in 2026 for water deliveries, with annual inflation adjustments.
- Leaders from both agencies expressed that this agreement allows for greater collaboration and flexibility in addressing water needs, including drought and infrastructure investment.
- MWD Board Chair Adán Ortega Jr. Emphasized that this settlement will lead to improved cooperation and stability in water rates for San Diego County residents.
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Morning Report: A New Future for Water
We had a line in this weekend’s post about the big Southern California water legal settlement signed yesterday that got some attention and may actually be a story itself. I reported that the settlement had laid the groundwork to allow the San Diego County Water Authority to sell some of its abundance of water to other agencies the Metropolitan Water District serves. If San Diego doesn’t have any buyers among them, Met itself could buy the water.…
San Diego County water officials settle long-running rate dispute after 15 years, and tens of millions in legal costs
The San Diego County Water Authority has settled long-running litigation with Southern California’s biggest water district, a legal dispute that’s cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars but could pave the way for more predictable rate hikes in the years ahead. The heart of the 15-year lawsuit was how the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California charged the San Diego County agency for water coming from the Colorado River, with price…
Pasadena Star News
Metropolitan Water District and San Diego end battle over Colorado River water — and set price
The Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the San Diego County Water Authority announced Monday that they have settled a legal dispute spanning 15 years over the exchange of Colorado River water. The agreement ends the long-standing litigation over fluctuating prices Metropolitan charged to the Water Authority to deliver water that the Water Authority purchased from the Imperial Irrigation District in 2003. The…
Metro Water District, Water Authority settle 15-year Colorado River dispute
Leaders from two of the state’s largest water agencies at a news conference in San Diego Monday. (Photo courtesy of SDCWA) The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the San Diego County Water Authority announced Monday that they have settled a legal dispute spanning 15 years over the exchange of Colorado River water. The agreement ends the long-standing litigation over fluctuating prices Metropolitan charged to the Water Authori…
LA, SD Water Districts Settle Water Exchange Dispute
The Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the San Diego County Water Authority announced Monday they have settled a legal dispute spanning 15 years over the exchange of Colorado River water. The agreement ends the long-standing litigation over fluctuating prices Metropolitan charged to the Water Authority to deliver water that the Water Authority purchased from the Imperial Irrigation District in 2003. The Wate…
Los Angeles Times
DNyuzSouthern California water agencies settle long-running legal battle
The Metropolitan Water District and the San Diego County Water Authority have settled a long-running legal dispute over the rates and how much one should pay the other for delivering water.
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