FPUD to be commended

State law requires water agencies declare there is sufficient water before approving developments over 500 units. You wouldn’t know it existed watching their ongoing approval of new development and Supervisor Horn’s promotion of his 3,000-unit Valley Center project while supply shortages force farmers out of business and upcoming rate hikes coerce “conservation.”

It’s ironic an East County water district will supply Colorado River water for doubling the size of an Indian casino instead of requiring use of reservation wells which adversely affects neighboring wells. No one mentions we still have not made up for the cutback in our Colorado River allotment in spite of what you hear about “new” agreements with Imperial Irrigation District. The additional water needed will come from all of us.

Fallbrook (FPUD) is the only district in the county with plans to curtail annexations and require new development to pay for measures to supply their own water if conditions worsen. They are to be commended for recognizing the unfairness of existing regulations – and complying with state law.

We require new development to pay for traffic impacts – why not their own water?

Glenn F. Carroll