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Intake plant ceremony signals end of water war
Sacramento River will supply up to 85 million gallons for development in east county.
Homes planned for east Sacramento County will have an assured water supply as a result of a new water intake plant to be constructed near Freeport.
The plant's ceremonial groundbreaking Monday marked the end to a bitter, decades-long water war involving the county, the East Bay Municipal Utility District, and environmentalists who feared pumping water from the American River would harm fish and other wildlife.
The nearly $1 billion project will take water from the Sacramento River instead. County officials said it will provide up to 85 million gallons for existing and future residents in an area of the county stretching from Elk Grove to Rancho Cordova.
More at the Sacramento Bee.