ACWA CONFERENCE PANEL: Reconciling the Regulatory Overlap of Groundwater Programs Maven Event coverage July 7, 2021 127Several regulatory programs have been created and evolved over time to address various issues, such as SGMA, CV-SALTS, and the...
SGMA IN ACTION: Challenges and opportunities, Environmental justice considerations, and first lawsuits over GSP plans Maven Best of the Notebook January 13, 2021 732[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in January 2020, and high and medium priority subbasins...
YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Federalism & water quality: After 50 years, are we done with the 401? Maven Event coverage November 18, 2020 244[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Recent changes by the Trump Administration to the Clean Water Act have had a ripple effect on many regulatory...
ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA Maven Best of the Notebook January 8, 2020 1119As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Legal Framework: ‘All the acronyms you need to know’ Maven Best of the Notebook September 11, 2019 750Panel of lawyers dive into the web of laws affecting water in the Delta: The state and federal endangered species...
CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Reasonable Use or Waste: A Developing Dichotomy Maven Event coverage May 8, 2019 499Panel discussion explores the evolution of the doctrine of reasonable use and considers how the doctrine will, or will not,...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Emerging legal issues in SGMA implementation Maven Best of the Notebook November 1, 2018 2318Panel discusses water rights and pumping allocations, groundwater recharge as a beneficial use, public trust doctrine and groundwater, and the...
CALIFORNIA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Utilization of Water Transfers to Recharge Groundwater Basins Maven Event coverage March 14, 2018 1557Water transfers can be an effective water management tool for providing much-needed flexibility in the allocation and use of water...
PANEL: Legal issues associated with water conservation mandates Maven Event coverage January 10, 2018 1404As the legislature contemplates how to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life”, a panel discusses some of the legal...
PANEL: The groundwater-surface water nexus & the State Water Resources Control Board Maven Event coverage June 1, 2017 1256The passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act enacted a program for statewide management of groundwater, defining new roles for...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Water Quality & Allocation: State Water Board Overview & the Delta Water Quality Control Plan Maven Event coverage May 24, 2017 502Panel discussion touches on State Water Board’s authorities and the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan The State Water Resources...
PANEL DISCUSSION: ESA & Climate Change: Collision Course? Maven Event coverage April 26, 2017 383 With a new administration in Washington, DC that has taken a different view of environmental regulation, changes in the...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Lawyers discuss the Cal Water Fix change petition process at the State Water Board Maven Event coverage April 5, 2017 730To implement the California Water Fix project, the Bureau of Reclamation and Department of Water Resources must obtain the State...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: The future of Delta management Maven Event coverage March 2, 2017 302Panel at the California Water Law Symposium features Jay Lund, Ellen Hanak, Phil Isenberg, and Erik Vink The Delta is...
PANEL DISCUSSION: The State Water Board’s 2015 curtailment notices and proceedings against BBID and WSID Maven Event coverage February 22, 2017 404In 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board sent curtailment notices to pre- and post- 1914 water rights holders based...
