Water rights Archives

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: COEQWAL and Just Transitions: Innovative projects tackle California’s water future

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management

June 3, 2025

Second series of workshops for the Just Transitions project to take place on June 7 and June 9 California is...

NEWS: DWR submits petition to extend water rights permit

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Water rights and water law

January 23, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources yesterday filed a petition with the State Water Resources...

PLANNING & CONSERVATION LEAGUE: Updating California Water Laws in the Face of Droughts and Climate Change #2

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

March 23, 2023

Water rights have garnered increasing attention as water managers and decision-makers grapple with how best to respond to changing conditions. ...

ACWA CONFERENCE: Water Law “Update” Or Revolution?

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

July 21, 2022

Panel discusses recommendations to update California water laws to address drought and climate change California’s prolonged drought and the increasing...

PLANNING & CONSERVATION LEAGUE: Updating California Water Laws in the Face of Droughts/Climate Change

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Best of the Notebook Climate change Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

February 16, 2022

California’s current system of water laws seems ill-equipped to respond to long-term droughts and climate change. One million Californians do...

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

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

February 2, 2016

Justice Robie’s keynote address to law symposium focuses on California’s water rights system and the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater...