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GUEST COMMENTARY: Do water rights have a future?

Maven
December 23, 2019
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…Not as currently configured, says Robert Shibatani Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstra... Read More...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights

Maven
August 28, 2019
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California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. Adding to this complexity is the existence of a large number of federal, state and loca... Read More...

LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future

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August 14, 2019
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Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state's variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that is further complicated by stark regional differences in water av... Read More...

PUBLIC INPUT WANTED: State Water Board solicits comments on the development of a water rights enforcement policy

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March 12, 2019
175
The State Water Board has the responsibility for regulating drinking water, protecting water rights, and protecting water quality.  In recent years, the State Water Board’s rules and regulations have expanded a... Read More...

CA WATER COMMISSION: A primer on water rights permitting and change petitions

Maven
April 4, 2018
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The old concrete Weir No. 2 structure along the East Borrow Canal of the Sutter Bypass in Sutter County. Photo taken October 2, 2013 by Florence Low / DWR Presentation covers applications for new water rights... Read More...

STATE WATER BOARD: Riparian and pre-1914 water rights in the Delta

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March 20, 2018
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State Water Board staff use information gleaned from 2015 informational order to compile the first taxonomy of senior water rights in the Delta At the peak of the drought in February of 2015, the State Water R... Read More...

GROUNDWATER RIGHTS PRIMER: What Agencies & Project Developers Need to Know

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March 7, 2018
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A seminar at McGeorge School of Law takes a deep dive into groundwater rights and SGMA California depends on groundwater for a major portion of its annual water supply, and sustainable groundwater management i... Read More...

CA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Water Rights in an Era of “Permanent” Conservation Mandates: Are Reports of Their Death Greatly Exaggerated?

Maven
June 14, 2017
473
By complying with a state-directed water budget formula, will agencies be forced to strand their water rights or infrastructure investments? On May 9th of 2016, Governor Brown issued the latest in a series of ... Read More...

This just in … State Water Board Dismisses Enforcement Actions Against Byron-Bethany and The West Side Irrigation Districts

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June 7, 2016
342
Board Action Sustains Authority to Enforce Water Rights System When Demand Exceeds Supply in Droughts From the State Water Resources Control Board: "Today the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water ... Read More...

Panel discussion: “Fixing” California’s water rights system

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May 25, 2016
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Panel of prominent attorneys discusses how the state's water rights system performed in the drought and what changes, if any, should be made to the current system California's recent drought and the State Wate... Read More...

Justice Ronald B. Robie on California’s “New Normal”

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February 2, 2016
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Justice Robie's keynote address to law symposium focuses on California's water rights system and the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Justice Ronald B. Robie has served as a judge s... Read More...

Legal panel: You Mean Just Having a Water Right Isn’t Good Enough?

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January 28, 2016
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How the ESA, Streambed Alteration Agreements, and the Clean Water Act Are All Curtailing the Exercise of Water Rights Recent court cases and regulatory changes have had major effects on the ability to for dive... Read More...

This just in … DWR and Reclamation submit joint petition for change in water right permits and licenses re: California Water Fix

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August 26, 2015
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From the State Water Resources Control Board: On August 26, 2015, the California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation submitted a joint petition for change in water right permit and lic... Read More...

This just in … Bryon Bethany Irrigation District pursues legal action to retain water rights for hundreds of local farmers, ranchers and families

Maven
June 26, 2015
445
From the Byron Bethany Irrigation District: The Byron-­‐Bethany Irrigation District filed a lawsuit in Contra Costa County Superior Court today demanding that the “notice of curtailment” BBID received June 12,... Read More...

This just in … Water curtailment update: Extended curtailments for Merced River, Upper San Joaquin; also City of San Francisco

Maven
June 26, 2015
534
From the State Water Resources Control Board: With drought conditions continuing into the summer months, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) extended curtailments on the Merced River ... Read More...
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