Panel of prominent attorneys discusses how the state’s water rights system performed in the drought and what changes, if any,...
Mixed ruling finds the Delta Plan lacking in measurable targets, but that the Council did not exceed its authority in...
From the NRDC: Conservation groups filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today – on Earth Day – for failing to protect water quality in the San Francisco Bay-Delta under the Clean Water Act. This failure could result...
Lawmakers seek answers about “Enron accounting” agency that seeks Congressional approval of a sweeping legal settlement Press release from the...
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 Management Act Justice Ronald Robie began by noting the title of the conference, ‘The New Normal’, saying that he thought...
How the ESA, Streambed Alteration Agreements, and the Clean Water Act Are All Curtailing the Exercise of Water Rights Recent...
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: “Environmental groups filed a request yesterday to supplement their complaint against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and growers who flood...
Received via email from Westlands Water District: Earlier this week, the Obama Administration issued a multi-page U.S. Department of the...
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 Interior Department, listed in alphabetical order by organization or lead author name: From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), Food...
Here are the legal documents for the Westlands Water District settlement: DrainageSettlementAgreement Exhibit 1 Exhibit 1a Exhibit 1c Pardon my...
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 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California must pay the San Diego County Water Authority $188.3 million plus interest for illegal...