Commentary: Tuolumne County Has No Rights to Water that Flows Through It
From The Modesto Bee, in a column by Jeff Jardine:
“Two of the Sierra’s most prominent rivers, the Stanislaus and Tuolumne, run right through Tuolumne County. …
“And the county’s water agency, the Tuolumne Utilities District, owns rights to none of it. The city and county of San Francisco own senior rights on the Tuolumne River, with the Turlock and Modesto irrigation districts controlling Don Pedro Reservoir.”
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