The man with his hand on California's spigot
Friday, October 7, 2011 - 02:30
in Earth & Climate
U.S. District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger's decisions determined how much water gets pumped south to fields and cities and how much stays behind to sustain fish species. At 70, he leaves the bench to return to private practice.For more than a decade, the state's de facto water baron has been a man most Californians never heard of.