A high-stakes legal battle over ground­water rights is threatening the City of Camarillo’s water supply, with officials warning the dispute could lead to higher costs for residents and force a nearly $70 million desalter to be sidelined. In a letter to state Sen. Monique Limón, Mayor Kevin Kildee says the city is in a water crisis that stems from a law­suit filed by a group of large landowners calling themselves the OPV Coalition against Camarillo and other groundwater users in the Oxnard and Pleasant Valley basins. The lawsuit is a process under the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Man­agement Act. … But city offi­cials assert the lawsuit is being used to manipulate the system for private gain. 

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