From the NRDC: Conservation groups filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today – on Earth Day –...
Lawmakers seek answers about “Enron accounting” agency that seeks Congressional approval of a sweeping legal settlement Press release from the Office of Congressman Jared Huffman: In light of the nearly unprecedented penalties paid by the powerful Westlands Water District to...
Local governments and consumer and environmental groups charge Met with evading environmental review in attempt to push through Delta tunnels...
Justice Robie’s keynote address to law symposium focuses on California’s water rights system and the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater...
How the ESA, Streambed Alteration Agreements, and the Clean Water Act Are All Curtailing the Exercise of Water Rights Recent court cases and regulatory changes have had major effects on the ability to for diverters to exercise their water rights,...
Sacramento Valley rice growers say they have voluntarily deferred diversions and taken other actions to reduce drought impacts on fish...
Illegal Diversion of Water Threatens to End Chinook Salmon Survival in California, they say From the NRDC, this press release:...
Received via email from Westlands Water District: Earlier this week, the Obama Administration issued a multi-page U.S. Department of the Interior briefing document regarding the recent drainage settlement agreement with the Westlands Water District v. United States. This document highlights...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: This is to advise interested persons that the State Water Board has received...
Here are the reactions I have been able to find regarding the recent agreement between Westlands Water District and the...
Here are the legal documents for the Westlands Water District settlement: DrainageSettlementAgreement Exhibit 1 Exhibit 1a Exhibit 1c Pardon my brevity, but I’m posting from the road on my way to the science conference and unable to open the documents...
From Westlands Water District: “The United States Department of Justice and Westlands Water District have approved a settlement, which, if...
From San Diego County Water Authority: A San Francisco Superior Court judge today issued a final decision that says the...
From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN, online at www.c-win.org) has notified the County of San Luis Obispo of its intent to file lawsuits challenging the County’s approval of new water well permits without...