Lively panel discussion at recent ACWA conference delves into the pre-conference ruling, the motion for dismissal, and other issues The...
Board Action Sustains Authority to Enforce Water Rights System When Demand Exceeds Supply in Droughts From the State Water Resources Control Board: “Today the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted an order dismissing a pair of enforcement...
The Court of Appeal ordered a temporary stay, stopping the close of escrow on the island purchase while it considers...
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 requiring reduced reliance on the Delta Yesterday, the Superior Court in Sacramento issued its ruling on the statutory challenges to...
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...
Local governments and consumer and environmental groups charge Met with evading environmental review in attempt to push through Delta tunnels project Press release from Food and Water Watch, the Planning and Conservation League, San Joaquin County, and Contra Costa County:...
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...
Sacramento Valley rice growers say they have voluntarily deferred diversions and taken other actions to reduce drought impacts on fish and waterfowl The Sacramento River Settlement Contractors have issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s press release, Enviro groups...
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...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: This is to advise interested persons that the State Water Board has received and posted on its website an errata and addendum to the California Department of Water Resources’ and U.S. Bureau of...