PANEL DISCUSSION: The State Water Board’s 2015 curtailment notices and proceedings against BBID and WSID Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation February 22, 2017In 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board sent curtailment notices to pre- and post- 1914 water rights holders based...
This just in … Water Now Available for Diversion by Senior Water Right Holders on the Sacramento, Feather River and Delta State Water Board Policy and regulation September 18, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today notified pre-1914 water right holders with...
This just in … State Water Board Reissues Water Unavailability Notification Letters Following Court Action State Water Board Policy and regulation July 15, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: Today the State Water Board partially rescinded and reissued a water supply availability...
This just in … State Water Board issues response to today’s court ruling on curtailments State Water Board Policy and regulation July 10, 2015In response to the ruling as reported in the Stockton Record, the State Water Board has issued this statement regarding...
This just in … Bryon Bethany Irrigation District pursues legal action to retain water rights for hundreds of local farmers, ranchers and families Byron Bethany Irrigation District Water rights and water law June 26, 2015From the Byron Bethany Irrigation District: The Byron-‐Bethany Irrigation District filed a lawsuit in Contra Costa County Superior Court today...
This just in … Water curtailment update: Extended curtailments for Merced River, Upper San Joaquin; also City of San Francisco State Water Board Water rights and water law June 26, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: With drought conditions continuing into the summer months, the State Water Resources Control...
Senior Water Rights Curtailed in Delta, San Joaquin & Sacramento Watersheds State Water Board Policy and regulation June 12, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: With drought conditions continuing into the summer months, the State Water Resources Control...
Guest commentary: Using the Reasonable Use Doctrine to restrict riparian water use Guest Contributor Commentary May 6, 2015Commentary by Craig Wilson, the first Delta Watermaster and former Chief Counsel to State Water Board: The Governor recently stated...
State Water Board orders all post-1914 water rights holders within the Sacramento River watershed and Delta to stop diverting until further notice State Water Board Water rights and water law May 1, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: With California’s extreme drought resulting in insufficient water to serve all water-right holders,...
Guest commentary: California Water Rights Law: 100 Years and Counting – and Concerned John Kingsbury CommentaryWater rights and water law April 30, 2015Written by John Kingsbury, Executive Director of the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association The long history of California is embattled...
This just in … Curtailment Notices Sent to Junior Water Right Holders in San Joaquin Watershed; Notices for Scott River Water Rights Also Sent State Water Board Policy and regulation April 23, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: “With California’s extreme drought resulting in insufficient water to serve all water-right holders,...
This just in … State Water Board Addresses State and Federal Water Projects Petition to Conserve Water During Drought Conditions; Board Also Announces Further Action to Curtail Water Diversions State Water Board Policy and regulationWater project operations February 3, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: Facing the likelihood of a fourth consecutive drought year, the State Water Resources...
State Water Board: Notice of surface water shortage and potential for curtailment of water right diversions for 2015 Maven Policy and regulation January 23, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: In January 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. proclaimed a State of Emergency...
This just in … State Water Board To Allow Limited Collection of Early Rainfall by Curtailed Water Right Holders State Water Board Policy and regulationWater rights and water law October 3, 2014From the State Water Resources Control Board: As the 2015 water year begins, the State Water Resources Control Board announced...
Curtailment notices sent to North Fork and mainstem Eel River and Van Duzen junior water rights holders State Water Board Policy and regulation July 2, 2014From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) announced today that junior...