SJV WATER: Friant contractors ask U.S. Supreme Court to review water rights case SJV Water Water rights and water law September 11, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The long, circuitous path of a lawsuit against the federal government for cutting off water...
SJV WATER: Tulare County Judge sifts through barrage of arguments from groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News September 3, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Lawyers for the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) recently fired a fusillade of legal...
NOAA FISHERIES: San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlifeScience December 11, 2024By NOAA Fisheries The San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) is a long-term collaborative program to restore flows in the...
SJV WATER: Lawsuit accuses Friant Water Authority of holding secret meetings that resulted in massive fees pinned on a handful of Tulare County irrigation districts SJV Water Groundwater News November 6, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal fracas over who should pay to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal grew Friday...
SJV WATER: Accusations of “extortion” and “bullying” fly in dispute over who should pay for sinking the Friant-Kern Canal SJV Water Groundwater News October 11, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A last-resort attempt to shore up funding for ongoing Friant-Kern Canal repairs has run into...
PRESS RELEASE: Notice of Availability Of Friant-Kern Canal Pump-Back Project Draft Environmental Impact Report Friant Water Authority ANNOUNCEMENTS October 10, 2024Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) has released a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft...
SJV WATER: Two sides attempt mediation to settle lawsuit over sinking Friant-Kern Canal SJV Water Groundwater News August 17, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Attorneys for the Friant Water Authority and Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency agreed to mediation...
PRESS RELEASE: FWA / AEWSD Statement on court ruling on lawsuit against ETGSA over Friant-Kern Canal subsidence Friant Water Authority Groundwater NewsWater rights and water law July 3, 2024Press release from the Friant Water Authority and the Arvin Edison Water Storage District: The Tulare County Superior Court issued...
PRESS RELEASE: Court confirms ETGSA’s view of settlement agreement SJV water agencies Water rights and water law July 2, 2024Press release from the East Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency: Today the Court met for the first time with lawyers for...
NOTICE: Friant Water Authority Announces Public Scoping Meeting for the Friant-Kern Canal Pump-Back Project Friant Water Authority ANNOUNCEMENTS May 29, 2024From the Friant Water Authority: Friant Water Authority, in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), is holding a...
SJV WATER: Friant lawsuit over sinking canal altered but moving forward SJV Water Groundwater NewsWater rights and water law May 8, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water One of multiple charges in a lawsuit that pins blame for the perpetually sinking Friant-Kern...
PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority (FWA) seeks more money from local groundwater pumping, while demanding that land subsidence cease Friant Water Authority Groundwater News February 22, 2024Press release from the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) FWA and Arvin Edison Water Storage District have filed a...
PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority and Arvin-Edison Water Storage District file lawsuit against the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency for breach of settlement agreement and interference with contract for water deliveries Friant Water Authority Groundwater News February 16, 2024Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) and the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District (AEWSD) have...
SJV WATER: Group of valley water users files appeal against proposed new dam SJV Water Water project operationsWater rights and water law August 16, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water A group of water users on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley is...
THIS JUST IN … Friant Division Contractors file claim for damages over lack of water deliveries in 2014 Friant Water Authority Water rights and water law October 5, 2016Today, 17 Central Valley water agencies and the City of Fresno filed a claim for damages from the federal Bureau...
