A decade after the introduction of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), significant strides have been made in managing California’s...
In August 2022, amidst a severe drought, the State Water Board ordered ranchers and farmers in Siskiyou County to cease...
Panel discusses temporary urgency change petitions, transfers, and drought litigation As California enters the second year of dry conditions, many...
Attorneys Richard Roos-Collins, Doug Obegi, Jennifer Buckman, and Peter Prows discuss the pros and cons of the voluntary agreements Voluntary...
Groundwater is one of the world’s most important natural resources,but groundwater management has traditionally been governed by lax and uneven...
California’s current system of water laws seems ill-equipped to respond to long-term droughts and climate change. One million Californians do...
From the Planning and Conservation League: Summers are getting hotter. Rain and snowpack are disappearing, and water reserves are shrinking....
Several regulatory programs have been created and evolved over time to address various issues, such as SGMA, CV-SALTS, and the...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in January 2020, and high and medium priority subbasins...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Recent changes by the Trump Administration to the Clean Water Act have had a ripple effect on many regulatory...
As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...
Panel of lawyers dive into the web of laws affecting water in the Delta: The state and federal endangered species...
Panel discusses water rights and pumping allocations, groundwater recharge as a beneficial use, public trust doctrine and groundwater, and the...
Water transfers can be an effective water management tool for providing much-needed flexibility in the allocation and use of water...
Panel discussion touches on State Water Board’s authorities and the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan The State Water Resources...