Water district fights curtailment amid FERC relicensing
When the State of California issued its water curtailments late last summer, TID and neighboring districts pushed back. A coalition of water districts from Modesto, Oakdale, Manteca, and San Francisco sued the state over its curtailment order. Michelle Reimers, TID’s general manager and chief executive, says she understands the idea behind the curtailments. Aside from the pre-1914 water rights the districts own and what that means under California law, Reimers says TID is bothered by the blanket order because it fails to consider how well-managed irrigation districts like hers operate and manage their systems.