Article: WATER DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH AIRPORT DRAWS CRITICISM.(News)

The Highline Water District has settled its long-simmering dispute with the Port of Seattle over water rights in the Sea-Tac International Airport area.

But the end of that dispute has touched off another fight - this one with opponents of the port's plan to build a controversial third runway at the airport.

Highline, which provides water to about 58,000 people in Des Moines, Normandy Park and Burien, has been accused by some runway opponents of helping port officials by removing the water-rights issue as an obstacle to the third runway.

The new dispute is expected to come to a head this afternoon when two groups fighting the third runway - ...

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