Dry times revive old water arguments

Debate goes back to the Gold Rush, but there’s some new twists

By Peter H. King / The Bulletin
July 27, 2008

BYRON, Calif. — Here is where the straws tap into the common pool of California water, where consequence begins.

Here, on the backside of the Diablo Mountains, amid a landscape of bleached-out pastures, wind farms and transmission lines, the two-lane Byron Highway crosses the concrete....

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