Home Grown: Dispute over water rights possibly going to U.S. Supreme Court
CBS 13 s April Hettinger dives into the disagreement over who controls the rights to the water from the Colorado River
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - In today s Home Grown, a local lawsuit over ownership of the Colorado River water might be taken higher to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Michael Abatti versus the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) lawsuit has been ongoing in the valley, disputing over whether water rights belong to the landowners or if they are controlled by the IID. The best way we can protect our water rights is we can have it tied to the land, or as the Supreme Court decision said, appurtenant to the land, Larry Cox said, former president of the Imperial County Farm Bureau.