California Farmers Ordered To Stop Pumping From San Joaquin River Watershed

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8. I was thinking about buying a small property in the Mojave Desert

I'd like to get away from it all and was eyeing restoring an old house in some of the semi ghost towns along the old route 66, like Goffs, Essex, or Chambless where only handfuls of people still live. It turns out that the County of San Bernardino passed recent laws whereby anyone living there has to have a well. Wells can cost up to $100,000 to drill in that area. But big developers are buying up the land and selling it in major giant sized lots to turn it into developments and plan to drill extensive wells. There is a large underground acquifer undermeath the Mojave but it's down at least 500 feet or more. But the County is fine with companies like Cadiz, Inc. drilling dozens of wells from public lands and selling the sweet water to southern California where profits of $2 billion or more are anticipated. Real, ordinary people don't count and can't even live there if they buy a house. But rich developers or corporations on the other hand...

http://www.route66news.com/2012/05/16/company-wants-to-sell-water-from-mojave-desert-public-lands/