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Ione council approves easements to CDCR for recycled-water pipeline after heated public debate
Summary
The Ione City Council voted to record easements to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for a pipeline and related access, after residents raised contamination and transparency concerns and staff said the vote simply cures a prior recording defect; final approval was followed by assurances that any water use would require a separate operating agreement and permitting.
The Ione City Council voted April 17 to authorize easements to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for a pipeline and related access tied to the Woodward bottom recycled water project, approving Resolution 2026-08 after extended public comment and council discussion.
Supporters, including city staff, described the measure as a paperwork correction to memorialize infrastructure built years earlier and said the easement does not, by itself, authorize water to flow through the pipe. "This is a step that CDCR would like done before we move on to that stage,"…
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