Ever since Modesto Irrigation District (MID) proposed selling water to San Francisco more than ten years ago, the topic of sales has been fraught with political peril. The prospect of selling local water to San Francisco brought about changes on the MID Board of Directors and served as a warning notice that peddling MID water to outsiders was political suicide. No such peril existed for the nearby Oakdale Irrigation District […]
Modesto Irrigation District groundwater policy
MID Water Policy Unfair to Farmers
Editor’s note: Please note a correction below this article; we apologize for the error. If you were a farmer during a drought, wouldn’t you like to have an unlimited supply of water? Wouldn’t you also like access to river water and have the privilege of selling it? In Stanislaus County, some farmers have special privileges given to them by the Board of Directors of the Modesto Irrigation District (MID). In order […]