CONSEJO DE DESARROLLO ECNOMICO DE MEXICALI, AC; Citizens United for Resources and the Environment; and Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES of America; Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of the Interior; and John W. Keys III, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Nevada.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 9, 2006.
February 9, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert Gaylord Smith, Las Vegas, NV, Sheri M. Schwartz, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, William J. Snape, III, Law Office of William J. Snape, III, Washington, DC, Jay F. Stein, Stein & Brockmann, PA, Santa Fe, NM, Gideon Kracov, Gideon Kracov, Law Office of, Los Angeles, CA, for Citizens United for Resources and the Environment, Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Plaintiffs.
James P. Lough, Jennifer M. Lyon, McDougal Love Eckis, et al, El Cajon, CA, Sheri M. Schwartz, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, Steven E. Boehmer, McDougal Love Eckis, et al, El Cajon, CA, for Calexico, City of, Intervenor Plaintiff.
David J. DePippo, John J. Rhodes, III, Karma B. Brown, Kathy Robb, Virginia S. Albrecht, Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC, Douglas K. Miller, Central Arizona Water, Conservation District, Phoenix, AZ, Kevin R Stolworthy, Jones Vargas, Las Vegas, NV, for Central Ariz. Water Conservation Dist., Defendant.
Blaine T Welsh, U.S. Attorney's Office, Las Vegas, NV, Kelly A. Johnson, U.S. DOJ, Washington, DC, Michael A. Gheleta, U.S. DOJ, Denver, CO, S. Jay Govindan, U.S. DOJ—Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for John W. Keys, Gale Norton, The United States Of America, Defendants.
Gregg Allen Houtz, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix, AZ, Michael B Wixom, Smith Larsen & Wixom, Shann D. Winesett, Smith Larsen & Wixom, Las Vegas, NV, William Patrick Schiffer, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix, AZ, for State of Arizona, Defendant.
Mark J. Hattam, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP, San Diego, CA, William H. Swan, Horton, Knox, Carter & Foote, El Centro, CA, for Imperial Irrigation Dist., Defendant.
James H Davenport, Las Vegas, NV, Jennifer T. Crandell, Office of the Attorney General, Las Vegas, NV, for State Of Nevada, Colorado River Commission Of Nevada, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Intervenor Defendants.
Linus Masouredis, Law Office of Linus Masouredis, Sacramento, CA, Nancy L. Allf, Parsons Behle & Latimer, Las Vegas, NV, for Metro. Water Dist. of Southern Cal., Amicus.
United States District Court, D. Nevada.
ORDER
PRO, Chief Judge.
The Mexicali Aquifer underlies both the Imperial Valley in California and the Mexicali Valley in Mexico. Prior to 1901, waters from the Colorado and Alamo rivers recharged the Mexicali aquifer. In 1901, the Alamo Canal was constructed through the channelization of the Alamo River and because it was unlined, the river continued to recharge the aquifer.
In 1928, Congress...
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