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04 County seeking $7.5 million
By DARREN SIMON, Special to this Newspaper

Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:37 PM PDT

The Imperial Irrigation District has $50 million to spend on helping an Imperial Valley that is dealing with the economic fallout caused by leaving farmland barren as a way to conserve water.

The Imperial County Board of Supervisors wants a 15 percent cut of that money.

This week county officials went before the IID Board of Directors and requested the district provide $7.5 million to help fund the building of what is expected to become an industrial park that could attract thousands of jobs.

The problem is the county’s request may be premature as IID has yet to decide what system it will use to determine how to divide the $50 million.

THE ISSUE

The money in question is tied to the water transfer pact between IID and San Diego County Water Authority.

The agreement calls on IID to fallow farmland, in essence leaving some land barren, for the first 15 years of the water transfer as a way to conserve water.

Recently IID and SDCWA settled a dispute over how the fallowing program has impacted the Valley, and that agreement sets aside $50 million to help address the economic impacts of idling farmland.

Already $3.5 million of that money has been set aside to help farm-service providers hurt by the first two years of fallowing and to create a fund for training programs that help ag workers.

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