IID once again prepares to defend water rights
IID Vice President J.B Hamby Division 2
Coachella County wants access to Valley water - News 11's Wiley Jawhary reports
IMPERIAL, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) finds itself on the defense once more. This time it's protecting Imperial Valley's water from the Coachella County.
Assemblyman Chad Mayes (I-Yucca Valley) recently put a bill before the state legislature, that would give a Coachella representative a seat on the board. IID's Vice President J.B Hamby says that this isn't necessary.
“Whats happened over time is that there have been calls for representation on the IID board that would include Coachella valley rate peers having a say over Imperial Valley water rights, and that is a non starter it doesn’t work," he said.