Construction Ecology Water Rights 
Civil Eats
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
This level of agriculture was not possible in the Imperial Valley until the construction of the Alamo Canal , also known as the Imperial Canal, in 1901, which diverted water from the Colorado River. We respect the land, and we respect the impact that we can have on the ecosystem,” he says.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
MAY 16, 2024
His strategy, he believed, would help the Nüümü win back their water in one clever move—and upend California’s arcane and inequitable water rights system along the way. For the Nüümü, the water war started in the 1800s, with the arrival of white people in their homeland.
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