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Ione residents and callers press council over AWA backwash easement, warn of lost irrigation obligations
Summary
Public commenters and multiple council members debated a February easement that would send Amador Water Authority (AWA) backwash to US Mine, raising concerns that Ione could lose irrigation water for croplands and a golf course and that contracts and obligations could be jeopardized; caller Marsha Edick warned of potential lawsuits if obligations are unmet.
Ione residents pressed the City Council on Feb. 17 over a proposed easement that would send Amador Water Authority (AWA) backwash to US Mine, arguing the change could eliminate water previously available to irrigation contracts and Oliver Park facilities.
"Problematic with AWA sending all of its backwash water to US Mine and eliminating Ione completely is that we have contracts to provide irrigation water to croplands for Jackson Rancheria and to the golf course," Zoom caller Marsha Edick said during public comment. "At some point, we're not gonna get any water from ARSA, which means we won't be able to meet…
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