Legal Opinion
California Ex Rel. Imperial County Air Pollution Control District v. U.S. Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 19, 2014No. 12-55856, 12-55956PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HURWITZ, Circuit Judge:
The Saltón Sea — the largest inland body of water in California — is a creature of accident. In 1905, water from the Colorado River breached an irrigation canal and flooded the then-dry Saltón Basin. After the initial flood, irrigation runoff from the Imperial and Coachella Valleys — supplied by the Colorado River — sustained the Sea for more than a century. The Sea has become a unique attraction for water-based recreation in the harsh southern California desert.
The Sea’s continued access to Colorado River water is in jeopardy. Over the last few decades Arizona…
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