Mealey's (February 8, 2017, 11:08 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a delay as long as 15 years, trial got under way Jan. 30 in a lawsuit by California water users alleging that the cessation or curtailment of water deliveries from federally operated water projects constituted a takings for which the plaintiffs must be compensated (Klamath Irrigation District, et al. v. United States, et al., No. 01-591L, and John Anderson Farms, Inc., et al., No. 07-194C, Fed. Clms.)....