Water supply reliability. It’s half of the co-equal goals of “providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting,...
The Delta Reform Act of 2009 established the Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB), whose ten members are appointed by the Delta Stewardship Council. The members appointed to the Delta ISB are nationally or internationally prominent scientists with appropriate...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in January 2020, and high and medium priority subbasins...
From the Klamath waters to the Western desert valleys, recent court rulings highlight the important and evolving role of tribal...
At the 3rd Annual Western Groundwater Congress, Anona Dutton with EKI Environment and Water gave a presentation on water transfers and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, providing an overview of how water transfers are typically implemented, some of the implications...
Nick Jacobs is a shareholder with Somach Simmons & Dunn. who has been practicing law for about 20 years and...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Kamyar Guivetchi, Manager of DWR’s Division of Planning has often referred to Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge (or Flood MAR)...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the October 22nd meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave a detailed presentation on estimating water use in the Delta, something he acknowledged doesn’t matter much when there’s plenty of water in the system,...
Professor Holly Doremus is a leading scholar and teacher in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law, and law...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA), requiring local agencies to be formed and groundwater...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The Governor’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative underscores the need for communities to maintain and diversify water supplies and to protect and enhance natural environments to prepare for the impacts of climate change. At ACWA’s virtual conference held in July...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The groundwater sustainability plans that were submitted to the Department of Water Resources in January of 2020 were the...
The California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout (CAC) was re-established by the Legislature in 1983 in response to...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The details of how a groundwater sustainability plan will be implemented are defined by the setting of sustainable management criteria (or SMC). With several undesirable results to consider, a range of technical analyses to perform, data gaps yet to...