Antelope Valley has let at least $100 million worth of water slip through its grasp over the past 16 years, enough to supply several hundred thousand families for a year. Since 1992, between 300,000 and 400,000 acre-feet of water has bypassed the desert through the California Aqueduct, all for lack of storage facilities to capture what local suppliers are entitled to take, said Russ Fuller, manager of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency. Lack of leadership, lack of trust among water users, and a lack of reliable data have been blamed for the Valley today facing cutbacks on water use, limitations on development and the inability to move forward on building water facilities needed to ensure adequate water supplies. For the full story visit http://www.avpress.com/n/14/0714_s2.hts
