MWD votes to buy 20,000 acres of island farmland in Sacramento-San Joaquin delta
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 22:20
in Earth & Climate
The board of Southern California's water importer voted Tuesday to buy 20,000 acres of farm islands in the heart of the state's north-south plumbing system. The land is owned by a private company that for years has tried to develop a water storage project on the property. But the Metropolitan Water...