This news analysis originally ran May 31 in the Politics Report, which comes out (almost) every Saturday and is exclusive to Voice of San Diego members.

The San Diego County Water Authority and Metropolitan Water District are set to announce a historic settlement of decades of legal disputes following the 2003 deal to purchase water from Imperial Valley farmers.

The disputes are insanely complex and they have cost San Diego ratepayers an estimated $20 million in legal fees. But they basically boil down how much Metropolitan charges San Diego to transfer water San Diego purchased from the Imperial Irrigation District, or IID. The Water Authority agreed to purchase water for several decades from IID. It also invested heavily in lining the canals that bring water from the Colorado River, sa

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