Modesto Irrigation District keeps alive proposal to sell water to San Francisco

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The idea of selling water to San Francisco stayed alive Tuesday at the Modesto Irrigation District board meeting, despite protests from people who want to keep it for farming or fish.

Directors voted 4-1 to have district staff complete negotiations on an initial sale of about 2,200 acre-feet of Tuolumne River water per year.

The detailed agreement, including the price and duration, is expected to return to the board for a final vote in several weeks.

San Francisco ultimately could buy as much as 25,000 acre-feet a year, about a seventh of what the MID delivers to its farmers.

http://www.modbee.com/2012/01/10/2019807/modesto-mid-keeps-alive-proposal.html