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Truce called in longtime feud between L.A. County water districts
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-water-war-20140225,0,4787269.story
Former Assemblyman Thomas Calderon, second from right — a onetime consultant for the Central Basin Water District — has been charged as part of a major federal corruption case, along with his brother, state Sen. Ron Calderon (D-Montebello), left.
Truce called in longtime feud between L.A. County water districts
By Hector Becerra
February 24, 2014, 8:16 p.m.
For nearly three years, two Los Angeles County water districts had been locked in an ugly feud.
The Central Basin Water District, a water wholesaler, refused to sell to its rival, the Water Replenishment District, which manages an underground storage basin in southeast Los Angeles County that serves 4 million residents. For its part, the WRD was just as happy not to buy the water, lest the purchase benefit Central Basin.
The standoff cut groundwater storage even as the state faced a looming drought.
But as Central Basin faces an FBI corruption investigation, the bad blood between the two agencies has suddenly eased.