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.