KXO RADIO - Mexicali Preparing Canal Lining Appeal

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Written by KXO News Team
Tuesday, 08 August 2006
(MEXICALI’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION PREPARES ITS APPEAL)….THE COMMISSION, ALONG WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CURE OUT OF LOS ANGELES AND DCAP, RECENTLY LOST A DECISION IN FEDERAL COURT IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE LINED ALL AMERICAN CANAL. THE CITY OF CALEXICO IS JOINING THE APPEAL, WHICH IS TO BE FILED IN THE NINETH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN SAN FRANCISCO ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. THE ATTORNIES FOR THE MEXICALI COMMISSION SAY THEY WILL ARGUE FEDERAL JUDGE PHILLIP PRO ERRORED IN HIS DECISION AGAINST THE ORIGINAL LAWSUIT. THE COMMISSION CONTENDS THE LINING OF THE CANAL WILL RESULT IN ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO MEXICAN GROWERS WHO DEPEND ON THE GROUNDWATER SEEPED FROM THE CANAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE LOSS OF THE GROUNDWATER THAT SUPPLIES WETLANDS IN MEXICO DURING THE APPEAL THE ATTORNIES SAY THEY WILL SITE A PRECEDENCE FROM A SIMILAR CASE. THEY CONTEND MANITOBA CANADA FILED AND RECEIVED A FAVORABLE DECISION CONCERNING WATER RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC DAMAGES. THE MEXICAN ATTORNIES ALSO CONTEND REDUCING THE GROUNDWATER VIOLATES THEIR WATER RIGHTS TO COLORADO RIVER WATER GRANTED THEM IN A 1944 TREATY CONCERNING COLORADO RIVER, TIJUANA RIVER AND THE RIO GRANDE. THE UNITED STATES CONTENDS THE CANAL SEEPAGE IS PART OF THE IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT’S COLORADO RIVER ALLOTTMENT, AND NOT MEXICO’S.