Lundavid, LLC, c/o Brian Villalobos, Petra Geotechnical, Inc., 3185-A Airway Avenue, CostaMesa, CA 92626, has filed an application to appropriate water by permit. The applicant has proposed to divert water from Coyote Creek in San Diego County to underground storage for later use within the Borrego Water District service area...
A copy of the above notice appeared recently on the bulletin board at the Borrego Springs post office. Apparently those who exploit our water for fun and profit are no longer willing to wait until the water reaches the aquifer before appropriating it. Coyote Creek provides most of the approximately 5,000 acre feet of water that recharges the Borrego Valley aquifer each year. These guys are going straight for Borrego's jugular. For more information about this water grab, go to:
http://www.waterrights.ca.gov/Application/ApplNot.htm
Please send this to anyone who may be interested. As many people as possible need to know about this as soon as possible.
11/24/2007