Article: El Dorado County, Calif., Water District Hopes Court Win Upheld.

By Mary Lynne Vellinga, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 10--Fueled by high demand from Bay Area refugees, half-million-dollar homes have been spreading like a summer wildfire over the grasslands of El Dorado Hills.

But this kind of fire doesn't need oxygen to spread; it needs water. The construction crews could disappear in a few years if El Dorado County can't secure more water to ...uench the thirst of its growing population.

As of December, the El Dorado Irrigation District had only enough water available for 1,232 new houses in El Dorado Hills -- e...uivalent to the number of building permits issued ...

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