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CALIFORNIA WATERFIX HEARING – RULING DENYING IN PART THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCE’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER From the State Water Board: San Joaquin County and the North San Joaquin Water Conservation District (San Joaquin Parties) served a notice and subpoena duces tecum (San Joaquin Parties’ notice) on the Department of Water Resources (DWR) requesting production of the electronic Excel […]
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From the State Water Board’s Cal Water Fix Hearing Team: On May 24, 2017, DWR objected to rebuttal exhibits submitted by Snug Harbor Resorts, LLC (Snug Harbor) on the grounds that they were not referenced in the rebuttal testimony of Snug Harbor’s rebuttal witness, Nicole S. Suard. By email dated May 25, 2017, DWR confirmed that it objects to the […]
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From the State Water Resources Control Board: CALIFORNIA WATERFIX HEARING – RULING GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES’ MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER On March 28, 2017, North Delta Water Agency (NDWA) served a notice on the Department of Water Resources (DWR) requesting Dr. Parviz Nader-Tehrani, a DWR employee, to appear as a witness for […]
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This ruling addresses the following issues pertaining to the Part 1 rebuttal phase of the water right change petition hearing for the California WaterFix Project: (1) admissibility of written rebuttal testimony, (2) location changes for certain hearing dates, (3) order of presentation for rebuttal testimony, (4) time limits for rebuttal testimony and cross-examination, (5) sur-rebuttal, and (6) changes to the […]
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To implement the California Water Fix project, the Bureau of Reclamation and Department of Water Resources must obtain the State Water Board’s approval of petitions to change certain elements of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP) water right permits and licenses, including most notably adding new points of diversion. The WaterFix hearing process is predicted to […]
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ACWA’s newly adopted policy on Delta flows also briefly presented At the March meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members heard the plan for bringing the California Water Fix project before the board for a decision and an update on the pending Delta Plan amendment process currently underway at the Delta Stewardship Council. UPDATE ON CALIFORNIA […]
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March 21, 2017 – California Water Fix Hearing – Ruling on Joint Motion for Reconsideration
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March 16, 2017 – California WaterFix Hearing – Ruling Granting the Department of Water Resource’s Motion for Protective Order
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March 15, 2017 – California WaterFix Hearing – Ruling Addressing Part 1 Closing Briefs, Prospective Motions to Dismiss, and Limits on Objections to Rebuttal Testimony and Exhibits
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At the February meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Committee members heard a presentation on the cost estimates and risk assessment work that has been done on the California Water Fix project. But prior to that, Steve Arakawa, manager of the Bay-Delta Initiatives Program, gave a brief update on the status of the California Water Fix […]
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