water rights Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

MEETING: State Water Board grants petition for statutory adjudication of the Fresno River watershed

October 27, 2020

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Hidden Dam and the Lower Fresno River; Photo by Formula None At the October 20 meeting of the State Water Board, one of the agenda items was the consideration of a proposed resolution granting a petition by M... Read More...

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

Maven

October 21, 2020

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Professor Holly Doremus is a leading scholar and teacher in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law, and law and science, bringing a strong background in life sciences and a commitment to interdis... Read More...

FEATURE: Water rights 101

Maven

June 3, 2020

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California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. The system incorporates a traditional water rights riparian system with the appropriative ... Read More...

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

Maven

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

Maven

March 12, 2019

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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...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Emerging legal issues in SGMA implementation

Maven

November 1, 2018

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Panel discusses water rights and pumping allocations, groundwater recharge as a beneficial use, public trust doctrine and groundwater, and the fee authorities for GSAs In 2014, California passed the Sustainabl... 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

Maven

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

Maven

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

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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

Maven

June 7, 2016

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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

Maven

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”

Maven

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...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights

WATER QUALITY: A basic primer on water quality regulation

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

DAM REMOVAL UPDATE: Klamath Dams, Matilija Dam, and the Potter Valley Project

GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?

TIM QUINN: Forty Years of California Water Policy: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Lessons for the Future

MEETING: State Water Board grants petition for statutory adjudication of the Fresno River watershed

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

FEATURE: Water rights 101

GUEST COMMENTARY: Do water rights have a future?

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights

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

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

PANEL DISCUSSION: Emerging legal issues in SGMA implementation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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