COMMENTARY: Growing food is essential, reasonable use of water Ag Alert Commentary July 21, 2021By Chris Scheuring, California Farm Bureau Federation Amid historic heat and drought, California’s rivers and creeks dwindled early this year....
AG ALERT: Farmers face water rights curtailments Ag Alert News June 23, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The California priority water rights system is being put to the test, as state regulators...
FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 21, 2020 722Professor Holly Doremus is a leading scholar and teacher in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law, and law...
CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Reasonable Use or Waste: A Developing Dichotomy Maven Notebook News and Features May 8, 2019 562Panel discussion explores the evolution of the doctrine of reasonable use and considers how the doctrine will, or will not,...
PANEL: Legal issues associated with water conservation mandates Maven Notebook News and Features January 10, 2018 1493As the legislature contemplates how to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life”, a panel discusses some of the legal...
Guest commentary: Using the Reasonable Use Doctrine to restrict riparian water use Guest Contributor Commentary May 6, 2015 554Commentary by Craig Wilson, the first Delta Watermaster and former Chief Counsel to State Water Board: The Governor recently stated...
California Water Law Symposium: The Role of Reasonable Use in the Russian River Frost Protection Litigation Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features April 8, 2015 726A panel of lawyers discusses the appeals court ruling upholding the State Water Resources Control Board’s authority to regulate diversions...
California Water Law Symposium: Harrison “Hap” Dunning and John Leshy on California’s Reasonable Use Law Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features April 7, 2015 878Lawyers discuss the history and importance of reasonable use law, and ponder its future use The California Water Law Symposium,...