Milestone California Water Accord OK'd

EL CENTRO, CA - OCTOBER 18: The All American Canal winds through the tall sand dunes of the American Sahara, also known as the Algodones Dunes or Imperial Dunes, as it carries water from the Colorado River to California farms and cities October 18, 2002 near El Centro, California. Southern California water authorities have reached a tentative agreement to shift water from farms in Imperial Valley to urban San Diego County in time to avert a federal Colorado River water cutback to California. Water officials hail the costly conservation effort as a peaceful end to California's long water wars but Imperial Valley farmers fear a major economic downturn as fields go fallow. Imperial Valley is one of the nation's major agricultural areas. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)