Mealey's (June 17, 2015, 11:43 AM EDT) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — A group of Washington state irrigators on April 30 sued the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in federal court, claiming that its denial of a new water service contract arbitrarily holds up a privately funded irrigation project (Columbia Snake River Irrigators Association, et al. v. United States Bureau of Reclamation, et al., No. 15-5039, E.D. Wash.).

(Complaint available. Document #95-150514-028C.)

In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, the Columbia Snake River Irrigators Association said it has...