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Faced with mandatory pumping cutbacks, the biggest water guzzlers in the Cuyama Valley are forcing everybody else into an expensive battle over groundwater rights.
Faced with mandatory pumping cutbacks, the biggest water guzzlers in the Cuyama Valley are forcing farmers, ranchers, water agencies and the school district into an expensive battle over groundwater rights.