Water Rights Water rights were never an issue with Sage, never will be. This is just left-over hysteria from shneppy. Confidential settlement discussions have been going on for a long time between the City and the District. Sage is the red herring thrown in by the District to deal with District"s obligations to give the City an additional 1,104 Acre Feet per year under the M&I agreement. The District has said the Basin holds 270,000 Acre Feet right now. Sage Ranch by statutory law needs only 7,000 Acre Feet total spread out at 350 Acre Feet per year. That is less than 3% of the basin, without including State Water or replenishment. The case will never see the light of trial and the judge will throw out the District's case.