Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity, Restore the Delta, and the Planning and Conservation League: Three environmental groups...
From the Center for Biological Diversity: Four environmental groups sued the California Department of Water Resources today over its approval of the long-term operation of the State Water Project, the massive system of dams, pumps and aqueducts responsible for siphoning...
From the San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority, the Friant Water Authority, and the Tehama Colusan Canal Authority: Today,...
Six Republican Congressmen led by Congressman Kevin McCarthy have send a letter to Governor Newsom requesting the State of California...
…Not as currently configured, says Robert Shibatani Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through some standard of legally established priority. Water entitlements have been long-standing icons...
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School, for The Conversation The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has been part of negotiations over air, water and endangered-species protections. The governor decries Trump’s environmental...
Panel of lawyers dive into the web of laws affecting water in the Delta: The state and federal endangered species acts, water quality control planning, the Delta Reform Act, best available science, and more … The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is...
California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. Adding...
Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that...
Panel discussion explores the evolution of the doctrine of reasonable use and considers how the doctrine will, or will not, be applied in the future Could ornamental lawns in California be one day considered an unreasonable use? How about evapotranspiration...
Lawsuit says Bay Delta Plan as amended fails to comply with CEQA, will impair operation of New Melones Dam From...
Litigation necessary to preserve options for best outcomes for the environment and SFPUC’s 2.7 million water customers From the San...
Panel discusses water rights and pumping allocations, groundwater recharge as a beneficial use, public trust doctrine and groundwater, and the fee authorities for GSAs In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which required all groundwater basins designated...