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Trial in 2001 Klamath Basin water shut-off adjourns

By Associated Press
Published: February 15, 2017, 9:43pm
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FILE - In this March 9, 2001, file photo, farmers from the Klamath Basin use farm equipment during a water rights protest at the Bureau of Reclamation in Klamath Falls, Ore. A federal trial involving water rights in the Klamath Basin has adjourned, bringing an end to the trial. During the two-week trial in Washington, D.C., more than 20 irrigators testified of their losses in 2001 when water was shut off to benefit endangered fish downstream. Attorneys in the case say it will take a significant amount of time to process all the records in the case. Closing oral arguments are tentatively planned for May 9.
FILE - In this March 9, 2001, file photo, farmers from the Klamath Basin use farm equipment during a water rights protest at the Bureau of Reclamation in Klamath Falls, Ore. A federal trial involving water rights in the Klamath Basin has adjourned, bringing an end to the trial. During the two-week trial in Washington, D.C., more than 20 irrigators testified of their losses in 2001 when water was shut off to benefit endangered fish downstream. Attorneys in the case say it will take a significant amount of time to process all the records in the case. Closing oral arguments are tentatively planned for May 9. (Ron Winn/The Herald And News via AP, File) (Photos from Associated Press files) Photo Gallery

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A federal trial involving water rights in the Klamath Basin in 2001 has adjourned, bringing an end to the trial.

The Herald and News reported that during the two-week trial in Washington, D.C., more than 20 irrigators testified of their losses in 2001 when water was shut off to benefit endangered fish downstream. If they win, the irrigators could be awarded up to $30 million.

Attorneys in the case say it will take a significant amount of time to process all the records in the case.

Closing oral arguments are tentatively planned for May 9.

Klamath Falls water attorney Bill Ganong said the plaintiffs — the irrigators — are working on documents to allow other irrigators to opt in to the class-action lawsuit.

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