Column: Has Biden moved to finally kill California’s most farcical water project?

Desperation over water scarcity has produced any number of schemes to relieve the crisis. The company says its future is tied up with the “ultimate implementation of the Water Project.” Politics Water Firm Awash in Political Influence Let us today hoist a glass -- preferably of cool, clean Colorado River water -- to Keith Brackpool, a walking illustration of how the generous bestowal of campaign donations and other largess can keep a man cozy with California politicians, even in the face of evidence that what he’s selling may not be worth buying. The specific issue raised in the BLM petition was the agency’s approval for Cadiz to convert an old 200-mile natural gas pipe right of way to carry water across the desert. “Instead, BLM failed to prepare the required analyses altogether.” Most egregiously, they observed, Trump’s BLM approved the pipeline right of way without establishing the source of Cadiz’s water; therefore it could not have assessed “the potential impacts on the environment or historic properties of drawing down the water at its source.” Business This deal was all wet the last time Cadiz water deal was all wet the last time Cadiz said Sunday that it will fight in court to preserve the old BLM approvals and that the process of converting the pipeline for water will continue in the meantime. Last week, after state water authorities advised Central Valley farmers that they shouldn’t expect any water next year from the State Water Project, Cadiz issued a statement calling the pipeline plan “an immediate opportunity” to address “supply inequalities and infrastructure challenges.” Never mind that completion of the pipeline is probably years away, if it ever happens at all.