Colorado River Board of California Vice Chair and San Diego County Water Authority Director Jim Madaffer (center) introduces Imperial Irrigation District General Manager Jamie Asbury (right) during the San Diego County Water Authority’s QSA 20th anniversary celebration held Nov. 8 in San Diego. Joining Asbury and Madaffer (from left to right) are San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Dan Denham, Coachella Valley Water District General Manager Jim Barrett, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California General Manager Adel Hagekhalil.

On Wednesday, Nov. 8., representatives from throughout the San Diego region and Southern California gathered in San Diego to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2003 Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA), an historic set of agreements that has enabled California to live within its Colorado River apportionment and helped manage the river for all users. Water leaders talked of how the QSA was not only a model of how

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This image provides a view of the farmland west of the town of Palo Verde in the south end of the Palo Verde Valley. Agriculture in the Palo Verde Valley is served by the Palo Verde Irrigation District (PVID), which this year is celebrating its centennial. Photo provided by PVID.

On the far northeastern corner of Imperial County and extending into Riverside County sits the Palo Verde Valley, where a tapestry of farmland fulfills the pioneering vision of those who came before and saw what this unique environment could create. Today, thanks to the support of the Palo Verde Irrigation District (PVID), agriculture continues to thrive in that valley despite the challenging times caused by climate change. This year, PVID is celebrating its centennial as an irrigation district, and this blog would like to recognize that important milestone.

The history of agriculture in the Palo Verde Valley highlights

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Imperial Irrigation District General Manager Jamie Asbury delivers opening remarks during a dedication ceremony held October 11 for the Lloyd Allen Water Conservation Operational Reservoir, built east of the city of Calipatria in northern Imperial County. The reservoir, named after the late Lloyd Allen, who served five terms on the IID Board of Directors before his passing in 2006, was built with funding from the 2003 Quantification Settlement Agreement and is the first mid-lateral reservoir IID has built under its system conservation program. The dedication ceremony took place as IID commemorated the QSA’s 20th anniversary.

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the 2003 Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA), a landmark set of agreements that ushered in a period of peace on the Colorado river through its multi-layered system of benefits to urban and ag water users, the state and federal governments, and ultimately the entire Colorado River

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