Water rights and water law Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

October 22, 2025

Modernized interface improves data quality and provides interactive map of all state’s water rights for the first time From the...

SJV WATER: Friant contractors ask U.S. Supreme Court to review water rights case

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

September 11, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The long, circuitous path of a lawsuit against the federal government for cutting off water...

SJV WATER: Kern River trial moved to 2027 as participants await state Supreme Court ruling

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

August 14, 2025

A trial over flows in the Kern River, originally set for December 8 this year, was kicked 15 months into the future to Feb. 8, 2027 on Wednesday. Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp wanted to give all the...

PRESS RELEASE: Federal Court upholds Bureau of Reclamation’s conversion of water service contracts in Central Valley

US Department of Justice

Water rights and water law

July 23, 2025

From the Department of Justice: Last week, a judgment entered by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge scratches federal approval of Northern California mixed-use project

Courthouse News Service

Planning and management Water rights and water law

July 18, 2025

Environmentalists argued that the project would destroy the habitat of the exceedingly rare Butte County meadowfoam, an endangered flower. By...

SJV WATER: California’s highest court to hear Kern River case

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

July 17, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water For the first time in more than 100 years, the Kern River is headed back to the California Supreme Court where justices may overturn or uphold an order mandating flows be kept in the riverbed...

SJV WATER: Water agency, again, seeks to have judge booted from Kern River case

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

July 3, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency is asking the 5th District Court of Appeal to order...

SJV WATER: Boaters hold “portage protest” over low flows on upper Kern River

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

July 1, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Six rafting enthusiasts held a grueling protest Sunday to draw awareness to what they say...

SJV WATER: Kern River plaintiff alleges region’s groundwater plan ignores harm to river flows

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

June 26, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water In a comment letter to the state Water Resources Control Board, one of the plaintiffs in the ongoing lawsuit over Kern River flows alleges information has been withheld from the region’s groundwater plan to the...

SJV WATER: Attempt to boot judge off of Kern River case by water agency denied

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

June 16, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water A move to boot Kern County Superior Court Gregory Pulskamp off the long-running Kern River...

SJV WATER: California Supreme Court gets an earful on Kern River appellate court opinion

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

June 7, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water One new legal filing and a raft of letters have been sent to the California...

SJV WATER: Powerful Kern water agency wants to boot judge off of Kern River case

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

June 6, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency filed a motion May 30 seeking to remove Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp from the long-running Kern River lawsuit saying it believes he is prejudiced against the agency....

PRESS RELEASE: Coachella Valley water districts, Tribe reach water rights settlement

Press Release/Notice

Groundwater News Water rights and water law

June 5, 2025

Press release from Desert Water Agency The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) and Desert...

PRESS RELEASE: Southern California water agencies end lengthy legal dispute

Metropolitan Water District

Water rights and water law

June 3, 2025

Settlement agreement aims to bring region greater fiscal stability, water supply efficiency and reliability Press release from the Metropolitan Water...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Big Los Angeles-San Diego water settlement reached

Voice of San Diego

Water rights and water law

June 2, 2025

By Scott Lewis, Voice of San Diego The San Diego County Water Authority and Metropolitan Water District are set to announce a historic settlement of decades of legal disputes following the 2003 deal to purchase water from Imperial Valley farmers....

Water rights and water law

STATE WATER BOARD: California water rights management leaps forward with new reporting system

SJV WATER: Friant contractors ask U.S. Supreme Court to review water rights case

SJV WATER: Kern River trial moved to 2027 as participants await state Supreme Court ruling

PRESS RELEASE: Federal Court upholds Bureau of Reclamation’s conversion of water service contracts in Central Valley

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge scratches federal approval of Northern California mixed-use project

SJV WATER: California’s highest court to hear Kern River case

SJV WATER: Water agency, again, seeks to have judge booted from Kern River case

SJV WATER: Boaters hold “portage protest” over low flows on upper Kern River

SJV WATER: Kern River plaintiff alleges region’s groundwater plan ignores harm to river flows

SJV WATER: Attempt to boot judge off of Kern River case by water agency denied

SJV WATER: California Supreme Court gets an earful on Kern River appellate court opinion

SJV WATER: Powerful Kern water agency wants to boot judge off of Kern River case

PRESS RELEASE: Coachella Valley water districts, Tribe reach water rights settlement

PRESS RELEASE: Southern California water agencies end lengthy legal dispute

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Big Los Angeles-San Diego water settlement reached

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