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...
From the San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority, the Friant Water Authority, and the Tehama Colusan Canal Authority: Today, a coalition of water providers filed suit to protect the Central Valley Project (CVP) and the farms, businesses, residents and...
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...
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School, for The Conversation The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water bodies across the U.S. should receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act has been a major controversy in environmental...
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...
California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. Adding to this complexity is the existence of a large number of federal, state and local agencies which play a role...
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,...
Lawsuit says Bay Delta Plan as amended fails to comply with CEQA, will impair operation of New Melones Dam From the US Department of Justice: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) today filed civil...
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...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: Following today’s (June 28) regular meeting, the Delta Stewardship Council released the following statement from Executive Officer Jessica R. Pearson regarding lawsuits filed in Sacramento Superior Court against its recent amendments to the Delta Plan....