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August 2010: Implementing House Bill 3369—Determining ‘Ecological Flows’ in Oregon | |
August 2010: Texas Water Development Board Issues Strategic Plan for 2011-15, Enters Sunset Review | |
July 2010: Oregon Adopts Water Management Rules that Will Operate in Conjunction with the Current Deschutes Ground Water Mitigation Rules and Mitigation Credit Rules |
June 2010: California Department of Water Resoruces Releases the 2009 California Water Plan Update |
June 2010: A Move Toward the Statewide Management of Groundwater Resources— LAO’s 2010 Report and SB 6X7 | |
March 2010: California Department of Water Resources Releases Draft State Water Project Delivery Reliability Report |
February 2010: Massachusetts Supreme Court Finds 14 Towns Succeed in Challenging State DEPs Right to Regulate Water Withdrawal Water Department of Fairhaven, et al. v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection 10430 (Mass. Jan. 14, 2010) | |
December 2009: Legislation Creates Stormwater Reuse Framework for California | |
December 2009: One Large Step Forward: The California Water Deal of 2009—A Look at the Historic New State Water Legislation | |
December 2009: East Bay Municipal Utility District Adopts Water Supply Management Program 2040 |
December 2009: It’s Not Just about Water, and It’s Not Just about the Delta: Land Use Regulation and the New Water Bills | |
November 2009: Oregon Legislature Authorizes New Statewide Integrated Water Resources Strategy | |
July 2009: News from the West | |
March 2009: Texas Comptroller Analyzes the State’s ‘Liquid Assets’ | |
March 2009: Brackish Deep Well Jurisdictional Exception under Challenge in New Mexico via Proposed State Legislation | |
March 2009: Oregon Statewide Water Roundtables Results—A Snapshot of Water Issue Perspectives across the State | |
February 2009: Farmers Sue Irrigation District after District Approves a Water Shortage Plan that Prioritizes Municipal and Industrial Uses Abatti, et. al v. Imperial Irrigation District ECU04899, filed Dec. 18, 2008 (Imperial Cnty Super Ct) | |
February 2009: DWR Announces Local Groundwater Assistance Grant Awards; More Funds Available | |
December 2008: Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski Proposes ‘Headwaters to Ocean’ Comprehensive Water Strategy | |
November 2008: Idaho Water Resource Board Authorizes Funds for Aquifer Recharge | |
August 2008: State Water Resources Control Board and Two Regional Water Quality Control Boards Release Strategic Workplan for Delta Estuary | |
August 2008: Valuation of Water Supplies in Eastern Watershed Conflicts and Planning | |
June 2008: Metropolitan’s New Water Supply Allocation Plan Gets Challenged Immediately | |
June 2008: Army Corps of Engineers Propose Changes to Interim Operating Plans for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Reservoirs | |
May 2008: New Restrictions on Exempt Wells and Land Development Imposed In Kittitas County, Washington State | |
March 2008: Truckee River Operating Agreement Final EIS/EIR Finds No Significant Impact | |
January 2008: Bring Us Law to Match Our Rivers | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in California | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Colorado | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Oregon | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in New Mexico | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Nevada | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Washington | |
December 2007: Water Wars Rage in Drought-Parched Southeast—White House Brokers Emergency Truce In re Tri-State Water Rights Litigation 07-md-1 (PAM), (M.D. Fl.) | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Idaho | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Texas | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Arizona | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Utah | |
November 2007: Global Warming and California Water: As the State Develops Its Response, the Water Industry Anticipates Impacts and Solutions | |
November 2007: A New Bond for an Old Problem: Will a $9 Billion Proposal Secure California’s Water Supply? | |
August 2007: Bill Seeking Standardized Water Use Reporting System Passes Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee | |
August 2007: Water Supply and Conservation Initiative Proposed by Oregon Water Resources Department | |
August 2007: Alabama Governor Seeks More Water in the ACT Basin for Drought Relief | |
August 2007: Georgia Takes A Major Step in Its Statewide Water Planning Process |
July 2007: In Light of Dry Year Conditions, State Water Resources Control Board Approves a Request to Reduce Instream Flows in the Russian River for 2007 | |
July 2007: News from the West | |
June 2007: Drought in Early 2007 Triggers Wild Fires and Water Restrictions in Florida and Georgia | |
June 2007: Illinois Begins Planning Efforts for Statewide Water Supply Strategy | |
April 2007: Senate Bill No. 178 Revives Legislative Push for Statewide Groundwater Monitoring and Reporting | |
April 2007: New National Research Council Report on Managing the Colorado River Basin to Address Hydroclimatic Variability | |
March 2007: Idaho’s New Governor Addresses Water Issues as a ‘Top Priority’ | |
March 2007: Georgia Legislature Joins Jockeying over ACF Reservoirs while the Three States Claim Negotiation Progress in Litigation Filing | |
February 2007: Washington Department of Ecology Issues Report on Instream Flows and Watershed Planning | |
February 2007: Public Comment Period Ends as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Floats Its New Lake Lanier Plan | |
January 2006: Need for Drinking Water Does Not Require Public Utilities Commission to Provide Water Line Extension Popowsky v. Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission 910A.2D 38 (PA. Nov. 21, 2006) | |
December 2006: Coordinated Floridan Aquifer Groundwater Pumping Limits Move Toward Implementation in Central Florida | |
November 2006: Arizona Department of Water Resources Promulgates New Rules to Streamline Assured Water Supply Process | |
October 2006: Texas Water Board Issues 2007 State Water Plan in Time for 50th Anniversary of Drought of Record | |
June 2006: Environmental Group Files CEQA Lawsuit Challenging LAFCO’s Elimination of Water Conservation District’s Sphere of Influence Center for Biological Diversity v. San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission SCVSS136990, filed April 19, 2006 (San Bernardino County Superior Court) | |
May 2006: Washington Enacts Historic Columbia River Basin Water Resource Management Legislation | |
April 2006: Orlando/Orange County’s Requests for New Permits Raise Widespread Concerns as Central Florida Groundwater Use Reaches Its Limit | |
April 2006: New England States Move toward Major Changes in Water Allocation Law and Regulation | |
March 2006: Court of Appeal Finds that a Water District Can Collect Unpaid Water Assessments from a Property Owner Souza v. Westlands Water District, ___Cal.App.4th___ F045293 (5th Dist. Jan. 17, 2006) | |
March 2006: Placer County and Placer County Water Agency Agree to Formation of Joint Powers Agency to Manage Middle Fork Project | |
February 2006: Colorado River Basin State Representatives Meet in Las Vegas to Discuss Proposals for a Drought Management Plan | |
February 2006: Butte, Colusa, Glenn and Tehama Counties to Reach Agreement on Regional Water Planning Efforts | |
January 2006: District Court in California Dismisses Developer’s Claims Challenging State Agency Cleanup of Landfill Gas at Former Air Force Base Shea Homes Limited Partnership v. United States, ___F.Supp.2d___ C04 – 0092 TEH (N.D. Cal. Nov. 10, 2005) | |
January 2006: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to Finalize Guidance Document Identifying Critical Water Planning Areas | |
February 2005: President Bush Signs Budget Bill Appropriating Millions of Dollars for Orange County Water Projects. | |
December 2004: Guiding Your Project through the Regulatory Rapids: Working with Resource Agencies | |
October 2004: Second District Permits Castaic Lake Water Agency to Enter the Retail Water Market in the Santa Clarita Valley Klajic v. Castaic Lake Water Agency 121 Cal.App.4th 5 (2nd Dist. 2004) | |
August 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Passes Resolution 2004-0035 to Implement the Consolidated Watershed Protection, Watershed Management, Drinking Water Quality, and Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grants. | |
August 2004: Controversial “User Fees” Proposed to Fund CalFed Programs | |
July 2004: Revised California Water Plan Draft, Focusing on Diversification of Supply, Now Available. | |
July 2004: No Dam Is an Island: In-Delta Storage Project Set to Use Subsided Islands to Store Water, Preserve Habitat and Farming. | |
January 2004: Drought and Conjunctive Management of Groundwater and Surface Water: Lessons from New Mexico, Washington and Arizona | |
December 2003: California City Uses Desalination By-Products to Improve the Quality of Wetlands | |
December 2003: Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District Develops 100 Year Plan of Operation—Part II | |
December 2003: California Department of Water Resources Releases 2003 Update to Ground-water Bulletin 118 | |
November 2003: Idaho Department of Water Addresses Water Management Issues Raised by Shortages | |
November 2003: Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District Develops 100- Year Plan of Operation | |
October 2003: Arizona Court of Appeals Invalidates State Groundwater Management Plan Arizona Water Company v. ADWR Case No. 1 CACV 02-2076 (Az. App. Aug. 12, 2003). | |
February 2003: In Wake of German Corporation's Purchase of U.S. Water Company, Small California Communities Seek to Control Local Supplies | |
December 2002: New Mexico Considers a Water Court System Case No. 01CW05 (Colo. Water Court, Divi. 4 Spet. 20, 2002) |
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Allocation Agreements |
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American River |
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Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Basin |
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Arizona Assured Water Supply Requirements |
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Auburn Dam |
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Bear River |
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Bills and Proposed Legislation |
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August 2010: Battle Lines Morph on Asian Carp and Chicago Waterways System—Proposed Legislation May Change the Game | |
July 2010: Arizona Legislature Passes Four Key Water Bills | |
July 2010: News from the West | |
April 2010: Taps Shut on Feinstein Bill, But More Water May Be on the Way | |
December 2009: Legislation Creates Stormwater Reuse Framework for California | |
December 2009: One Large Step Forward: The California Water Deal of 2009—A Look at the Historic New State Water Legislation | |
November 2009: Oregon Legislature Authorizes New Statewide Integrated Water Resources Strategy | |
October 2009: 2009 Legislative Session Ends in Flurry of Water Committee Scrambles, Yet without Passage of Controversial Bills to Fix the Delta |
July 2009: A Different Kind of Water War: Texas Addresses Invasive Aquatic Plant Species | |
May 2009: A Look at Select Water Bond Legislative Proposals | |
May 2009: Still Smarting from 2008 Storms, Texas Explores Legislation to Address the Power to Supply Water | |
April 2009: National Water Use Meets Energy Trade-offs and a Call for Water Census by Congress | |
March 2009: Utah Legislature to Consider Many Water Related Bills | |
March 2009: Brackish Deep Well Jurisdictional Exception under Challenge in New Mexico via Proposed State Legislation | |
January 2009: State Legislative Analyst’s Office Recommends Sweeping Changes to California Water Law | |
January 2009: Texas Water Advisory Council Recommends Actions to Make Water Conservation Savings a Reality | |
December 2008: Who’s on First in the Delta—End of 2008 Update | |
December 2008: 2008 California Water Legislation—A Tale of Stalled Bills Poised to Drive the Legislative Agenda in 2009 | |
October 2008: Drought in the Carolinas Sparks Legislation and Other Government Action | |
October 2008: News From the West | |
June 2008: Delta Legislative Update: SB 997 and SB 27: Of Hatcheries and Canals | |
May 2008: Oregon Governor Signs Water Bill to Address Critical Water Shortages | |
January 2008: Idaho Governor’s Announcement of Various Water Conservation Projects Coincides with Major Water Rights Hearing | |
December 2007: Governor Acts on Potential Legislation Addressing Water Supply, Water Quality, and Flood Issues | |
December 2007: Congress Overrides President on Water Resources Development Act | |
November 2007: Delta Plan Reignites Peripheral Canal Debate | |
November 2007: A New Bond for an Old Problem: Will a $9 Billion Proposal Secure California’s Water Supply? | |
October 2007: Quagga Mussel Invasion Continues as California Legislature and Metropolitan Water District Ramp Up Efforts at Control | |
August 2007: Bill Seeking Standardized Water Use Reporting System Passes Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee | |
August 2007: Peripheral Canal Proposal Resurfaces amid Mounting Debate over Delta Water Quality and Fish Populations | |
August 2007: Water Supply and Conservation Initiative Proposed by Oregon Water Resources Department | |
July 2007: New Arizona Legislation Provides Rural Communities the Authority to Regulate Growth Based On Water Availability | |
July 2007: U.S. Senate Move to Require U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Consider Climate Change Falls Short | |
June 2007: Governor Schwarzenegger’s Water Bond Rejected by Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee | |
May 2007: New Mexico’s 2007 Legislative Session Focuses on Water Conservation and Subdivision Protection | |
April 2007: Senate Bill 27 Proposes to Raise Bonds to Fund ‘Peripheral’ Canal in the Delta | |
April 2007: Senate Bill No. 178 Revives Legislative Push for Statewide Groundwater Monitoring and Reporting | |
March 2007: Georgia Legislature Joins Jockeying over ACF Reservoirs while the Three States Claim Negotiation Progress in Litigation Filing | |
February 2007: Congress Approves Bill for the Lining of the All-American Canal | |
February 2007: Governor Schwarzenegger Revives Proposals for Dam Construction | |
February 2007: 74th Nevada Legislative Session Commenced—All Eyes on Water Resources | |
February 2007: Arizona Governor Napolitano Addresses Water Supply and Water Infrastructure Needs Early in Her Second Term | |
January 2006: Texas Legislature Warms Up for Another Swing at Major Water Legislation | |
January 2006: Water Resources Development Act of 2006 Dies in Conference: Everglades Restoration, Gulf Coast Projects, and Much More Held Up | |
November 2006: Water and Wastewater Utilities Exempted from Homeland Security Requirements under Proposed Federal Legislation | |
June 2006: Proposed Federal Legislation Offers Emergency Assistance for Economic Losses Caused by Declining Klamath River Salmon | |
June 2006: Talk of Auburn Dam Returns to Washington and Sacramento | |
June 2006: Developments in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Senate Bill 1612: The Peripheral Canal Resurfaces | |
May 2006: Washington Enacts Historic Columbia River Basin Water Resource Management Legislation | |
May 2006: Despite Years of Drought, Idaho Senate Kills Aquifer Recharge Bill | |
March 2006: Michigan Legislature Receives Major Report on Groundwater Resources and Recommendations for New Groundwater Policies |
February 2006: U.S. Senator Feinstein Introduces Bill to Help Secure Southern California’s Water Future | |
February 2006: U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill Authorizing Santa Margarita Conjunctive Use Project | |
January 2006: Once More with Feeling: With Little to Show in 2005, Water Bills to Watch in 2006 | |
January 2006: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Teams with Idaho Officials to Initiate Water Storage Assessment Investigation | |
December 2005: U. S. House of Representatives Unanimously Approves HR 117, Designed to Improve Southern California’s Water Quality and Quantity | |
December 2005: Idaho Senator Calls for Disbanding Fish Passage Center via Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Report Regarding Bonneville Power Adminsitration | |
December 2005: 2005 Land use Legislation Wrap Up | |
November 2005: Bill Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives Seeks Reform to Central Valley Project Improvement Act | |
August 2005: California Senate Natural Resources and Water Resources Committee Approves Sweeping Water Bill | |
August 2005: U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Approves $73 Million for CALFED Bay-Delta Program | |
August 2005: Oregon Legislature Takes Action on Deschutes Basin Mitigation Rules | |
July 2005: U.S. House of Representatives Approves Inland Empire Water Recycling Funding | |
July 2005: Texas Legislature Falls Short of Water Goals | |
May 2005: California American Water Company Faces New ESA Lawsuit and Proposed Legislation | |
May 2005: Arizona Approves Legislation to Fund 50-year Multispecies Conservation Program for the Lower Colorado River | |
April 2005: California Senate Bill, SB 31, Would Limit Water User Fees | |
April 2005: Senator Kuehl Unveils New Water Bill Proposal | |
March 2005: California Assembly Bill 159 Proposes to Change Irrigation District Voting Procedures | |
February 2005: Colorado Water Conservation Board Issues Final Report on the Statewide Water Supply Initiative. | |
February 2005: Washington State’s Proposed New Water Management Program—the Columbia River Initiative. | |
December 2004: Legislative Task Force Tackles Revisions to Utah Water Law | |
July 2004: House Resources Committee Approves H.R.2828: The Water Supply, Reliability, and Environment Act. | |
June 2004: Federal and State Legislative Proposals Introduced to Support Desalination. | |
June 2004: Idaho Legislature Clarifies Irrigation Easement Law | |
June 2004: Senate Bill 1272 Addresses Special Districts’ Governance. | |
April 2004: New Water Legislation Aimed At Responsible Growth in New Mexico | |
February 2004: Idaho 2004 Legislative Forecast | |
February 2004: Setting Instream Flows in Washington: Governor Locke’s 2004 Legislative Agenda | |
January 2004: Two Federal Bills Would Allow Federal Participation in Desalination and Water Recycling Projects, Improve Inland Empire Water Prospects | |
January 2004: Water and the 2003 California Legislature: Polemics, Procrastination & Pirouettes | |
December 2003: Congress Seeks to Prohibit Federal Government from Using Stored San Juan–Chama Water for Endangered Species Act Purposes Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys 333 F.3d 1109 (10th Cir. 2003). | |
November 2003: The West’s Ongoing Drought: Impacts and Responses | |
November 2003: California Legislature Passes SB 1049, Making the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, a User-Pays System | |
November 2003: California Agreement on Colorado River Water Transfer Signed at Last | |
November 2003: Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District Develops 100- Year Plan of Operation | |
October 2003: California Parties Once Again Close to Agreement on Colorado River Water Transfer | |
October 2003: Colorado Voters Presented with Divisive Ballot Initiative Concerning Water Storage Projects | |
October 2003: Desalination by Public Entities in California Given Equal Protection by the Legislature, but Strict Scrutiny by the Coastal Commission | |
October 2003: Assembly Bill 514: Water Meters for Certain Central Valley Project Water Users | |
August 2003: 2003 Washington State Legislature’s “Seven Dwarfs”—Water Resource Bills that Didn’t Make the Front Page | |
July 2003: Sacramento Legislator Scuttles Proposed Legislation to Impose Statewide Water Metering | |
July 2003: California's Senators Introduce CALFED Funding Bill in Congress | |
July 2003: 46th Arizona Legislature Passes Seven Water- Related Bills | |
July 2003: Washington Legislature Passes Major Water Legislature in Eleventh Hour | |
June 2003: New Mexico Legislation Requires Compliance with Acequia or Community Ditch Requirement for Changes in Points of Diversion or Place or Purpose of Use of Water Rights | |
June 2003: Controversial Bills Affecting Land Development and Water Metering Pass out of Committees | |
June 2003: Washington State Enforcement Action Deeming Water Diversion Pollution" Alarms Water Users, Energizes Legislature | |
May 2003: The Oregon Legislature in 2003: An Interim Report | |
May 2003: Regional Initiatives Developed to Address Water Resource Issues in Washington State | |
April 2003: Colorado Legislature Addresses Water Issues in Current Session | |
March 2003: WASHINGTON: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: COLORADO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
February 2003: Washington State Legislature Convenes; Continues Efforts at Water Law Reform | |
January 2003: Congress Fails to Pass CalFed Legislation in Lame-Duck Session | |
December 2002: Voters Approve $3.44 Billion Dollar Water Bond on the November 2002 Ballot | |
December 2002: Monterey Voters Give Two-Thirds Approval to Disband Monterey Peninsula Water Management District; District Moves Forward with Draft Groundwater Regulation Ordinance | |
December 2002: State Water Resources Control Board Approves Water Project Priority List and Contract to Implement Water Projects under Proposition 13 | |
December 2002: Proposed Amendment to Utah's Instream Flow Statute Would Broaden Opportunities for Instream Flows | |
December 2002: Washington State Watershed Planning Hits the Homestretch | |
November 2002: California Legislature and Ballot Initiatives Focus on Water Issues | |
November 2002: Governor Davis Signs Bill to Create California Bay-Delta Authority | |
November 2002: Governor Approves S.B. 1938, Requiring Incorporation of Basin Management Objectives into Groundwater Management Plans | |
October 2002: California Voters to Decide Future Investment in Infrastructure through Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 | |
October 2002: California Legislature Sends Two Water Bills to Governor’s Desk. | |
August 2002: California's Imperial Valley Farmers Called Upon to Fallow 75,000 Acres in Anticipation of Reduced Colorado River Supplies; Legislature Considers ESA Implications | |
August 2002: State Legislators to Rein In Water Replenishment District. | |
July 2002: Colorado Drought Triggers Policy Responses | |
January 2002: Two Federal Bills Would Help Fund Defenses against Biological Attacks on Water Supplies | |
January 2002: Bills to Raise Folsom Dam for Flood Control Protection Introduced in Congress | |
December 2001: SB 221 Forges a Link between Water Supply and Land Use Planning, but "Verifying" Available Water Supply for Development May Prove Challenging | |
December 2001: TEXAS: Voters Approve Large Bond Issue to Finance Needed Water Supply Projects | |
November 2001: Senators Feinstein and Boxer Agree to $2.4 Billion CalFed Bill; Passage Not Likely Soon | |
October 2001: California Senate Bill 221 Would Require a Reliable Source of Water for New Real Estate Development Projects |
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CALFED |
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California Environmental Quality Act |
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California Snowpack |
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California State Water Project |
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California Water Plan 2005 |
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California Water Plan Update 2009 |
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California-Baja California Infrastructure Needs Assemssment Report |
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Central Arizona Project |
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Central Valley Project |
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April 2007: San Joaquin Water Districts Lose ‘Takings’ Suit Alleging Federal Government Must Compensate Them for Their Water Stockton East Water District, et al. v. U.S., ___Fed. Cl.___ 04-541L (Fed. Cl. Feb. 20, 2007) | |
January 2007: Reclamation of Reclamation Develops Central Valley Project Water Banking Guidelines. | |
August 2005: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Government’s Sovereign Immunity in Farmers’ Suit for Breach of Water Contract Orff v. United States, 545 U.S.___ 03-1566 (U.S. June 23, 2005) | |
April 2005: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Nears Completion on Renewal of Central Valley Project Contracts | |
April 2005: Oral Arguments Heard by California Supreme Court in Central Valley Project Water Users’ Case against the United States Orff, et al. v. United States, et al. 03-1566, oral argument Feb. 23, 2005 (U.S. S. Ct) | |
July 2004: Freeport Regional Water Authority Certifies Environmental Impact Report for Freeport Regional Water Project. | |
April 2004: Ninth Circuit Upholds Federal Government’s Sovereign Immunity in Suit Challenging Reduction of Central Valley Project Water Orff, et al., v. United States, et al ___F.3d___, Case No. 0016922P (9th Cir. Feb. 18, 2004). | |
August/September 2003: Ninth Circuit Issues Memorandum of Decision— District Court Judge Responds Regarding Department of Interior Discretion to Determine Purposes for CVPIA Water Releases Bay Institute of San Francisco v. United States Case No. 02-16041, unpublished memorandum of decision (9th Cir. June 3, 2003). | |
October 2002: Sacramento Superior Court Affirms CEQA Review for East Bay Municipal Utility District’s Amendatory CVP Contract State Water Contractors, et al. v. East Bay Municipal Utility District, Sacramento Superior Court Case No.01CS01076 [Consolidated with Case No.01CS01077] final order pending, (Sacramento Super.Ct. Aug. 15, 2002). | |
December 2001: Sacramento River Water Rights Settlement Contractors Sue United States over Contract Renewal Issues Glenn-Colusa Irr. Dist. v. United States Case No. CIV-S-01-1816 GEB JFM. (E.D. Cal. filed Sept. 25, 2001). | |
October 2001: Bureau of Reclamation Holds Public Session to Update Central Valley Project Community on Contract Renewal | |
May 2001: Delta Wetlands Project Sued After Approval from State Water Resources Control Board | |
April 2001: Friant Unit Water Districts Renew Central Valley Project Contracts |
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Climate Change |
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Cloud Seeding |
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Colorado River |
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July 2010: Third District Court of Appeal Issues Stay of Judgment Invalidating Colorado River QSA | |
March 2010: Congressional Field Hearing Highlights Challenges and Opportunities In Managing California’s Water Supplies | |
February 2010: Colorado River ‘Quantification Settlement Agreement’ Invalidated as Unconstitutional |
December 2009: Air Pollution District Files Suit Alleging Violations of the Clean Air Act and NEPA in Challenging the ‘Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement’ Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, et al. v. Salazar, et al. 09-cv-2233 BTM JMA, filed Oct. 8, 2009 (S.D. Cal) | |
April 2009: Climate Change and Water in Colorado | |
October 2008: Building a Reservoir to Conserve Water Lost to Mexico | |
October 2008: Oregon Water Quality Trading: A Marketplace for Healthier Waters | |
July 2008: While Colorado Eyes an Abundant Snowpack, California Governor Declares Drought | |
March 2008: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Finalizes Guidelines for Colorado River Shortages and Reservoir Coordination | |
March 2008: Scripps Institution Study Predicts Lake Mead Could Go Dry by 2021 | |
February 2008: Western States Agree to Historic Colorado River Management Stratgies | |
December 2007: The QSA Cases Finally Take the Stage in the Next Act of Southern California’s Fight over Colorado River Water Quantification Settlement Agreement Coordinated Special Proceeding JC 4353. Sacramento County Superior Court | |
November 2007: Arizona Seeks More Time to Settle Disputes over Implementation of New Colorado River Guidelines | |
July 2007: Coachella Valley Water District Begins Construction on Mid-Valley Pipeline | |
June 2007: Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit Holds Federal Legislation Exempts All-American Canal-Lining Project from Environmental Review Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexical v. U.S., ___F.3d___ 06-16345 (9th Cir. April 6, 2007) | |
April 2007: New National Research Council Report on Managing the Colorado River Basin to Address Hydroclimatic Variability | |
April 2007: Arizona Legislature Paves Way for New Cooperation in Lower Basin States for Colorado River Management in Low Reservoir Conditions | |
February 2007: Congress Approves Bill for the Lining of the All-American Canal | |
February 2007: Imperial County Farm Bureau Calls for Class Action Regarding the Quantification Settlement Agreement | |
April 2006: Seven Western States Send the Department of Interior a United Proposal for Increasing Colorado River Supplies | |
March 2006: Forging Solutions on the Colorado River | |
February 2006: Colorado River Basin State Representatives Meet in Las Vegas to Discuss Proposals for a Drought Management Plan | |
January 2006: Imperial Irrigation District Announces Intent to Halt New Water Tranfers | |
October 2005: Mexicali Farmers Sue to Stop Lining of All-American Canal Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C. v. United States of America, et al. CV-S-05-0870-KJD-PAL, filed July 19, 2005 (D. Nev.) | |
July 2005: Secretary of Interior Affirms Lake Powell Release Schedule |
July 2005: Nine Lawsuits Plague Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement | |
July 2005: Embracing Flexibility: The Recommendations of the Yuma Desalting Plant/Cienega de Santa Clara Workgroup | |
June 2005: Secretary Norton Will Not Reduce Water Releases from Lake Powel | |
May 2005: Multispecies Conservation Program for the Lower Colorado River Launched | |
March 2005: NEVADA: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
March 2005: CALIFORNIA: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
March 2005: ARIZONA: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
March 2005: UTAH: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
February 2005: Bush Administration Threatens Colorado River Cutbacks. | |
February 2005: Arizona and Nevada Reach New Water Banking Agreement. | |
December 2004: Metropolitan Water District and the Southern Nevada Water Authority Reach Historic Cooperation on Colorado River Banking | |
November 2004: New Support and Commitment of Key Water Agencies Benefit Lower Colorado River Conservation Program | |
August 2004: San Diego County Water Authority Approves $2 Billion Plan to Break Its Dependence on Metropolitan Water District | |
July 2004: Water Managers Consider Contingencies to Deal with Five-Year Colorado River Drought. | |
June 2004: Lower Colorado River Negotiations Continue between Arizona and New Mexico. | |
June 2004: Salton Sea Authority Endorses $730 Million Plan to Restore the Salton Sea by Dividing It in Two. | |
June 2004: U.S. Department of the Interior Considering Cutting Colorado River Water Allocations. | |
May 2004: Analyzing Colorado River Shortage Criteria: Potential Impacts on Arizona | |
March 2004: Imperial Irrigation District Buys Land in Attempt to Fulfill Quantification Settlement Agreement Obligation | |
February 2004: Imperial Irrigation District Implements Emergency Fallowing Program Making Water Available for Transfer to San Diego | |
December 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement—Wrapping Up the Deal | |
November 2003: Following Other Western States, California’s Desert Golfing Mecca Takes Initial Steps in Regulating Water Use on Golf Courses | |
November 2003: California Agreement on Colorado River Water Transfer Signed at Last | |
October 2003: California Parties Once Again Close to Agreement on Colorado River Water Transfer | |
August/September 2003: The Battle Over California’s IID-to-San Diego Water Transfer Heats Up on a Number of Fronts 2 | |
July 2003: 46th Arizona Legislature Passes Seven Water- Related Bills | |
June 2003: Arizona Legislature Agrees to Forego Colorado River Surplus Entitlement in Exchange for Shortage Indemnity by Metropolitan Water District | |
May 2003: Federal Court Enjoins U.S. Interior Department from Cutting California's Imperial Irrigation District's Colorado River Water Imperial Irrigation District v. United States, Gale Norton, et al. Case No. 03CV0069W (JFS), filed Jan. 10, 2003 (S.D. Cal). | |
April 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement on the Brink - A View from San Diego | |
April 2003: Negotiators Agree to Terms of Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement, but Final Agreement Is Not Yet Certain | |
February 2003: Imperial Irrigation District Sues Department of Interior Officials over Reduction in Colorado River Water Allocation Imperial Irrigation District v. United States, Gale Norton, et al Case No. 03CV0069W (JFS), filed Jan. 10, 2003 (S.D. Cal) | |
December 2002: California's Colorado River Entitlement and the IID/San Diego Transfer: A Cliffhanger to End All Cliffhangers | |
December 2002: Imperial Irrigation District Water Transfer Scheduled to Be Finalized before December 31, 2002 Deadline | |
August 2002: California's Imperial Valley Farmers Called Upon to Fallow 75,000 Acres in Anticipation of Reduced Colorado River Supplies; Legislature Considers ESA Implications | |
December 2001: CALIFORNIA: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Enters into Two Agreements Furthering California's Colorado River "4.4 Plan" |
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Colorado River Aqueduct |
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Columbia River |
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Columbia River Basin Interagency Invasive Species Response Plan for Zebra and Other Dreissenid Species |
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Condemnation |
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Conservation |
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Dam Removal |
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Dams |
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Delta Flow Criteria |
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Delta Vision Stategic Plan |
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Desalination |
June 2010: Monterey County Approves Regional Desalination Plant, Awaits Final Decision By Public Utilities Commission | |
December 2009: Desalination Meets CEQA (Again): San Diego Coastkeeper Challenges Environmental Compliance for the Carlsbad Desalination Project San Diego Coastkeeper v. City of Carlsbad 37-2009-00061008-CU-TT-NC, filed Oct 16, 2009 (San Diego Cnty. Super. Ct.) | |
October 2009: Marin Municipal Water District Board Approves Desalination Project at Edge of San Francisco Bay | |
July 2009: San Diego Superior Court Decision Paves Way for Construction of Carlsbad Desalination Project Surfrider Foundation v. California Coastal Commission 37-2008-00075727 (San Diego Super. Ct. May 7, 2009) | |
February 2009: Texas Water Development Board Maps out the Future of Desalination on the ‘Third Coast’ | |
October 2008: Carlsbad Desalination Project Receives Final Permit Approval Needed for Construction of Largest U.S. Desalination Facility | |
March 2008: Texas Desalination Update | |
March 2008: Environmental Groups Challenge Approval of Coastal Development Permit for Desalination Facility in Carlsbad Surfrider Foundation, Planning and Conservation League v. California Coastal Commission (Poseidon Resources, LLC, et al., Real Parties in Interest) 37-2008-00075727-CU-WM-CTL (San Diego Super. Ct., filed Jan. 14, 2008) | |
March 2007: Suit Filed Against Approval of Pilot Desalination Plant on Monterey County Riley v. County of Monterey GNM82583, filed Jan. 11, 2007, Monterey County Superior Court | |
March 2007: Yuma Desalting Plant Set to Begin Test Run in March, 2007 | |
February 2007: Coastal Water Project in Monterey Moves Forward | |
October 2006: Poseidon-Carlsbad Desalination Project Proceeds to California Coastal Commission for Application Review | |
March 2006: Southwest Florida Water Management District and Tampa Bay Water Reach Accord on Desalination Plant Operations and Payment Schedule | |
March 2006: Water Rights and Wastewater Discharge Litigation in the Eastern United States | |
August 2005: Seawater Desalination Gaining Momentum in Texas | |
July 2005: California Department of Water Resources Awards $25 Million in Grants for Water Desalination Projects | |
July 2005: Embracing Flexibility: The Recommendations of the Yuma Desalting Plant/Cienega de Santa Clara Workgroup | |
April 2005: Desalination Facilities and Coastal Power Plants: Finding New Use for Old Technology | |
March 2005: ARIZONA: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
August 2004: San Diego County Water Authority Approves $2 Billion Plan to Break Its Dependence on Metropolitan Water District | |
June 2004: Federal and State Legislative Proposals Introduced to Support Desalination. | |
October 2003: Desalination by Public Entities in California Given Equal Protection by the Legislature, but Strict Scrutiny by the Coastal Commission | |
December 2002: Texas Steps Up Efforts to Develop Large-Scale Desalination as a Source of Additional Water Supplies |
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Ditch Easements |
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Diversions |
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June 2009: State Water Board Holds Workshop to Determine Reasonableness of Water Diversions for Frost Protection in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties and Workshop to Review Temporary Urgency Change | |
May 2008: Sportfishing Alliance and C-WIN Petition SWRCB Invoking Public Trust Doctrine, Challenging Diversions and Use of Delta Water Supplies | |
November 2007: Monterey Peninsula Water Suppliers Reach Accord with Wildlife Agencies on Groundwater Injection | |
March 2007: Lower Rio Grande Adjudication Update: Various Parties and State Engineer Reach Settlement Regarding State Engineer’s First Amended Metering Order State of New Mexico ex rel. Office of the State Engineer v. Elephant Butte Irrigation District, et al. CV-96-888 (3rd Jud. District) | |
June 2006: Environmental Group Files CEQA Lawsuit Challenging LAFCO’s Elimination of Water Conservation District’s Sphere of Influence Center for Biological Diversity v. San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission SCVSS136990, filed April 19, 2006 (San Bernardino County Superior Court) | |
June 2006: Proposed Federal Legislation Offers Emergency Assistance for Economic Losses Caused by Declining Klamath River Salmon | |
April 2006: State Water Resources Control Board Orders Agencies to Comply with Water Quality Objective for Salinity in the Delta SWRCB Order WR 2006-0006 | |
April 2006: aaa aaa aaa | |
February 2006: Great Lakes Governors Sign Regional Water Compact to Address Water Diversions and Consumptive Uses on the World’s Greatest Freshwater Resource | |
September 2005: New Mexico: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
April 2005: Oral Arguments Heard by California Supreme Court in Central Valley Project Water Users’ Case against the United States Orff, et al. v. United States, et al. 03-1566, oral argument Feb. 23, 2005 (U.S. S. Ct) | |
April 2005: Oregon Water Resources Commission Settles with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Water Diversion Rights to Benefit Malheur Wildlife Refuge | |
March 2005: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Offers Compromise Solution to Increase Fallbrook, Camp Pendleton Water Supplies through Conjunctive Use | |
March 2005: OREGON: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
March 2005: TEXAS: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
February 2005: Colorado Water Conservation Board Issues Final Report on the Statewide Water Supply Initiative. | |
January 2005: Environmental Groups Claim PG&E Is Required to Obtain NPDES Permit for Diverting Water from the Eel River to the Russian River in California | |
December 2004: Ditch and Water Structure Authorizations across Federal Lands: New Case Law Supporting Bypass Flow Requirements | |
August 2004: Threats Loom to New Melones Water Supplies | |
August 2004: The Potential Impact of Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance on the Balance of Federalism and New Mexico’s Environmental Protection Efforts Norton et al. v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al 124 S. Ct. 2373 (2004) | |
July 2004: Oregon Court of Appeals Takes Broad View of Standing, Narrow View of Municipal Rights, in Challenge to Water Permit Issuance. Water Watch of Oregon v. Water Resources Comm’n 193 Or.App. 87, 88 P.3d 327 (2004). | |
May 2004: The National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences Advise Washington State on Managing the Columbia River | |
March 2004: Utah: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Washington: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Nevada: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
February 2004: Colorado Water Court Awards Controversial “Recreational In-Channel Diversion” for Whitewater Park on Gunnison River Concerning the Application for Water Rights of Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District in Gunnison County Case No. 02CW38 (Water Div. 4 Dec. 26, 2003 | |
February 2004: Idaho 2004 Legislative Forecast | |
February 2004: Setting Instream Flows in Washington: Governor Locke’s 2004 Legislative Agenda | |
November 2003: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Water Quality Order on General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Projects | |
September 2003: Arizona: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
July 2003: Court of Appeal: Court of Appeal Finds Sonoma County Water Agency's EIR Deficient in Relation to the Eel River Friends of the Eel River v. Sonoma County Water Agency ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. AO98118 (appeal filed Sept. 17, 2002 1st Dist.). | |
June 2003: Colorado Supreme Court Pounds Nails into the Coffin of the State Engineer-Approved Temporary Substitute Supply Plans Hal D. Simpson v. Bijou Irrigation Co., et al. Case No. 02SA377, Slip Opinion issued April 30, 2003 | |
June 2003: Washington State Enforcement Action Deeming Water Diversion Pollution" Alarms Water Users, Energizes Legislature | |
June 2003: Lower Butte Creek Project Aims to Improve Fish Migration and Water Management | |
April 2003: Environmental Group Challenges Lake Elsinore Comprehensive Water Management Settlement Agreement Water Not Promises v. City of Lake Elsinore, RIV Case No. 389013 (filed Feb. 14, 2003, Riverside County Superior Court) | |
April 2003: Oregon Legislative Update: Proposals that Could Impact Water Rights Transfers | |
February 2003: Agreement Reached to Prevent Litigation over Water Storage Project in Kern County | |
February 2003: Colorado Water Judge Voids State Engineer Well Regulations Concerning the Proposed Amended Rules and Regulations Governing the Diversion and Use of Tributary Ground Water in the South Platte River Basin, Case No. 02 CW 108 (Colorado District Court, Water Division One, Order of Dec. 23, 2002). | |
February 2003: Another Chapter in Salmonid Recovery - Oregon Agencies Respond to Scientific Recommendations | |
January 2003: Application to Appropriate Denied in Judicial Review Action as Violating the Anti-Speculation Requirement under Utah Law Bushnell v. Jerry W. Olds, et al. Civil No. 000404289, (4th Dist. Ct., Utah Co., Utah). | |
January 2003: United States Attempts to Include Reservoir Storage and Upper Basin Water Users in Lower Rio Grande Adjudication by Requesting an Order Directing the State of New Mexico Amend Its Adjudication Complaint. State of New Mexico, ex rel. Office of the State Engineer v. Elephant Butte Irrigation District, et al., No. CV-96888 (N.M. Dist Ct., 3rd. Dist.). | |
December 2002: Federal Government Relinquishes Water Rights on Reserved Lands in Effort to Ease Shortages in Urban Areas | |
October 2002: Court of Appeal Finds That Fish and Game Code Section 1603 May Diversions Tied to Pre-1914 Appropriative Water Rights People v. Murrison ___Cal.App.4th___,(3rd Dist.Aug.20 2002). | |
June 2002: Colorado Close to Passing Legislative Compromise on Instream Flows | |
December 2001: NEW MEXICO: City of Rio Rancho Appeals State Engineer's Decision Requiring Purchase of Offset Water Rights before Groundwater Pumping Affects River | |
December 2001: editSuperior Court Orders Elsinore Valley Water District to Release Water to Lake Elsinore for Recreational and Environmental Uses City of Lake Elsinore v. Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Case No. 359671 (Riverside County Superior Court, Sept. 12, 2001). | |
November 2001: WASHINGTON: State Proposes Metering Rule for Certain Water Diversions Affecting Fish | |
October 2001: IDAHO: Director of Water Resources Designates Two New Groundwater Management Areas - Litigants to "Basin Wide Issues" Settle Case | |
October 2001: Lawsuit Filed by City of Lake Elsinor to Compel Water District to Release of Water Supplies for Recreational Use City of Lake Elsinore v. Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Case No. 35967, first amended petition filed Aug. 20, 2001 (Riverside County Superior Court). | |
May 2001: Klamath Irrigation Project Woes Continue as United States Ceases Nearly All Deliveries to Irrigation Users under 2001 Operations Plan Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association, et al. v. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.C001955 (N. D. Cal. April 3, 2001). Oregon Steven Kandra, et al. v. Gale Norton, et al Case No.01-61-6124 TC (D. Or.) filed April 9, 2001 | |
May 2001: Idaho: Governor Signs "427k Acre Feet" Legislation | |
May 2001: Klamath Irrigation Project Woes Continue as United States Ceases Nearly All Deliveries to Irrigation Users under 2001 Operations Plan Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association, et al. v. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.C001955 (N. D. Cal. April 3, 2001). Oregon (Steven Kandra, et al. v. Gale Norton, et al, Case No.01-61-6124 TC (D. Or.) filed April 9, 2001. |
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August 2009: Cadiz Valley Dry-Year Supply Project Getting a Second Look Amid Increasingly Dire Water Supply Projections in Drought-Stricken California | |
June 2009: Metropolitan Water District Declares a Regional Shortage Level 2, Reducing Water Deliveries to Member Agencies by Ten Percent | |
June 2009: ARRA Stimulus Funds for California Water Projects Strike a Balance between Conservation and Industrial Use | |
June 2009: Environmental Groups Sue State Challenging CEQA Compliance for Drought Water Bank | |
April 2009: Climate Change and Water in Texas | |
December 2008: News from the West |
November 2008: Congressional Bill Seeks to Exempt California Delta Pumps from Endangered Species Act During Drought Emergencies | |
November 2008: State Department of Water Resources Plans Drought Water Bank to Facilitate 2009 Water Transfers | |
October 2008: Drought in the Carolinas Sparks Legislation and Other Government Action |
October 2008: Recent Scientific Studies of Climate Change | |
August 2008: Governor Schwarzenegger Proclaims Drought in California and State of Emergency In Nine Counties Triggering Agency Mandates | |
July 2008: While Colorado Eyes an Abundant Snowpack, California Governor Declares Drought | |
June 2008: Army Corps of Engineers Propose Changes to Interim Operating Plans for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Reservoirs | |
June 2008: With Drought and Interstate Litigation, North Carolina Poll Finds Majority of State’s Citizens Expect Long Term Water Conservation Measures | |
June 2008: Climate Change and Water in the Western States: Where Water Meets Air | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Nevada | |
December 2007: Water Wars Rage in Drought-Parched Southeast—White House Brokers Emergency Truce In re Tri-State Water Rights Litigation 07-md-1 (PAM), (M.D. Fl.) | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Arizona | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Utah | |
August 2007: Alabama Governor Seeks More Water in the ACT Basin for Drought Relief | |
July 2007: News from the West | |
July 2007: Lake Okeechobee Reaches Record Low Level as a Result of Florida’s Drought Permitting Major Environmental Cleanup | |
June 2007: East Bay Municipal Utility District Seeks Voluntary Water Rationing for the First Time in 15 Years | |
June 2007: Drought in Early 2007 Triggers Wild Fires and Water Restrictions in Florida and Georgia | |
June 2007: Illinois Begins Planning Efforts for Statewide Water Supply Strategy | |
April 2007: Late February Boost to Sierra Snow Pack, but Precipitation at Near Record Lows in Southern California | |
November 2006: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Implements Upper Savannah River Drought Management Plan | |
October 2006: Texas Water Board Issues 2007 State Water Plan in Time for 50th Anniversary of Drought of Record | |
April 2006: Drought Spells Disaster in Texas—Governor Declares Entire State a Disaster Area | |
April 2006: New England States Move toward Major Changes in Water Allocation Law and Regulation | |
March 2006: Oregon: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: New Mexico: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: Washington: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: Raleigh, North Carolina, Continues Mandatory Water Restrictions | |
August 2005: Seawater Desalination Gaining Momentum in Texas | |
August 2005: Arizona Legislature Enacts Planning Requirements for Water Providers | |
July 2005: Washington’s Drought Persists, Despite Recent Rains | |
July 2005: Embracing Flexibility: The Recommendations of the Yuma Desalting Plant/Cienega de Santa Clara Workgroup | |
June 2005: Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Issues Curtailment Order Regarding Consumptive Groundwater Rights | |
April 2005: Idaho’s Ongoing Stare at Drought | |
April 2005: Drought Emergency Officially Declared in the State of Washington | |
March 2005: IDAHO: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
March 2005: COLORADO: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
March 2005: UTAH: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
February 2005: Bush Administration Threatens Colorado River Cutbacks. | |
February 2005: Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment Plan Submitted for State Approval. | |
July 2004: Water Managers Consider Contingencies to Deal with Five-Year Colorado River Drought. | |
June 2004: U.S. Department of the Interior Considering Cutting Colorado River Water Allocations. | |
January 2004: Drought and Conjunctive Management of Groundwater and Surface Water: Lessons from New Mexico, Washington and Arizona | |
November 2003: The West’s Ongoing Drought: Impacts and Responses | |
November 2003: Idaho Department of Water Addresses Water Management Issues Raised by Shortages | |
September 2003: Utah: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
September 2003: Colorado: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
September 2003: New Mexico: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
1 September 2003: Idaho: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams xxx xxx | |
July 2003: Eighth Circuit Holds Army Corps of Engineers Authorized to Release Water in Accordance with Flood Control Act and Master Manual South Dakota v. Ubbelohde ___ F.3d ___, Case Nos. 02-2133SD, 02- 2144SD, 02-2185SD, 02-2187SD, 02-2191NE, 02-2305ND (8th Cir. June 4, 2003). | |
June 2003: U.S. Department of the Interior Hopes Water Supply Study Will Prompt Discussion Regarding Western Water Shortages | |
June 2003: Water Shortage Allocation in the Federal Solano Project - Local Entities' "Drought Measures Agreement" Eases Contract Renewals | |
May 2003: Lack of Water in the Rio Grande River Hits El Paso, Texas Hard | |
April 2003: Colorado Legislature Addresses Water Issues in Current Session | |
March 2003: NEW MEXICO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: UTAH: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: TEXAS: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: COLORADO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
January 2003: California Department of Water Resources Helps Agencies Augment Water Supplies again in 2003 | |
December 2002: California and China Face Similar Issues in Addressing Water Shortage Crisis | |
November 2002: Managing Water Shortages in a Changing West | |
November 2002: Moratorium Sought on Further Development from Idaho Aquifer | |
October 2002: Drought in the West: Impacts, Studies, Reports and Legislative Proposals | |
September 2002: NEW MEXICO: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: NEVADA: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
July 2002: Colorado Drought Triggers Policy Responses | |
July 2002: State of New Mexico Purchases Eagle Nest Reservoir and Related Water Rights in Response to Drought | |
January 2002: Department of Water Resources Grant Helps Fund Long-term Water Storage in Southern California | |
October 2001: IDAHO: Director of Water Resources Designates Two New Groundwater Management Areas - Litigants to "Basin Wide Issues" Settle Case | |
October 2001: Department of Water Resources' Dry-year Water Purchase Program Provides over 138,000 Acre-feet of Water | |
October 2001: California Department of Health Services Issues Compliance Order to El Dorado Irrigation District | |
June 2001: Washington: State Declares "Drought Emergency"; Energy Deficit Impacted | |
June 2001: Idaho: Emergency Statutes Take Effect as State Enters Full-Fledged Drought |
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June 2010: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Sacramento Splittail’s Status Review | |
April 2010: Litigaton under the ESA—Of Fish, Water Supply, Agency Discretion and the Debate over Short Versus Long Term Solutions | |
August 2009: Pacific Legal Foundation Asks ‘God Squad’ to Convene to Address California’s Water Crisis | |
May 2009: Fishy Policy Changes—Tracking the Evolution of West Coast Salmon and Steelhead Listing Decisions and Legal Challenges | |
March 2009: Longfin Smelt Likely to Be Listed as Threatened Species—Could Mean More Water Restrictions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | |
November 2008: Federal Circuit Rules Irrigation District’s Water Losses from ESA Stream-Flow Diversion Restrictions Are a Per Se Taking Casitas Municipal Water District v. U.S., ___F.3d___ 2007-5153 (Fed Cir. Sept. 25, 2008) | |
October 2008: Twenty-five Years Later, What if the Public Trust Requires that We Kill Fish? | |
August 2008: In Challenge to Operation of State and Federal Water Projects, Federal District Court Denies Request to Order Increased Flow Releases and Opening of Diversion Dam Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations v. Gutierrez 1:06-cv-00245-OWW-GS, orders, June 24, 27, 2008 (E.D. Cal.) | |
June 2007: The Endangered Species Act and Agency ‘Discretion’: The Courts and Agencies Take Different Directions | |
June 2007: News from the West | |
March 2007: Idaho’s New Governor Addresses Water Issues as a ‘Top Priority’ | |
April 2005: Arroyo Toad to Cost Water Agencies $49 Million 70 Fed. Reg. 7459 (Feb. 14, 2005) | |
April 2005: Oral Arguments Heard by California Supreme Court in Central Valley Project Water Users’ Case against the United States Orff, et al. v. United States, et al. 03-1566, oral argument Feb. 23, 2005 (U.S. S. Ct) | |
April 2005: Environmental Groups File Legal Challenge to Biological Opinion Finding that the Joint Operation of the CVP and SWP Will Not Adversely Affect Delta Smelt Natural Resources Defense Council v. Norton, et al. C-05-0690 EMC, filed Feb. 15, 2005 (N.D. Cal) | |
December 2004: State and Federal Officials Agree to Coordinate Resource Management Efforts in Klamath Basin | |
October 2004: District Court Holds that Bureau Violated California Law by Failing to Maintain Historic Fish Populations in the San Joaquin River Natural Resources Defense Council v. Patterson, ___F.Supp.2d___ Civ. S-88-1658 LKK (E.D. Cal. Aug. 27, 2004) | |
October 2004: Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment Decision on Trinity River Flows Westlands Water District v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Hoopa Valley Tribe, et al. 376 F.3d 853 (9th Cir. 2004) | |
June 2004: San Joaquin Water Districts File Claim Against Federal Goverenment for Taking Their Water | |
May 2004: The National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences Advise Washington State on Managing the Columbia River | |
March 2004: Utah: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Texas: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Arizona: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: New Mexico: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Washington: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Nevada: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Oregon: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Idaho: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Colorado: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: California: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
February 2004: Tenth Circuit Dismisses Appeals as Moot and Vacates Opinion in Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Litigation Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 02-2254, 2255, 2267, 2295, 2304 (10th Cir. Jan. 6, 2004). | |
January 2004: Ninth Circuit Denies Appeal Challenging Decision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Protect Endangered Species by Requiring Reduction In Water Use County of Okanogan; Early Winters Ditch Company et al. v. National Marine Fisheries; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service et al. 347 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir. 2003). | |
September 2003: Utah: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
September 2003: Oregon: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
September 2003: Texas: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
September 2003: Colorado: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
September 2003: New Mexico: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
1 September 2003: Idaho: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams xxx xxx | |
1 September 2003: Washington: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams xxx | |
August/September 2003: Federal Courts Accept Settlement Agreements in Delta Smelt Lawsuits | |
August/September 2003: Ninth Circuit Issues Memorandum of Decision— District Court Judge Responds Regarding Department of Interior Discretion to Determine Purposes for CVPIA Water Releases Bay Institute of San Francisco v. United States Case No. 02-16041, unpublished memorandum of decision (9th Cir. June 3, 2003). | |
August/September 2003: Tenth Circuit Holds that U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Has Discretion to Reduce Contract Water Deliveries and Restrict Diversions to Meet Its Duties under the Endangered Species Act Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys, et al. ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 02-2254, 02-2255, 02-2267, 02-2295, 02- 2304 (cons.) (10th Cir. June 12, 2003). | |
June 2003: Friant Dam Settlement Negotiations Falter, Stalling Efforts to Breed Salmon Out of a Dry San Joaquin River | |
June 2003: Lower Butte Creek Project Aims to Improve Fish Migration and Water Management | |
May 2003: Regional Initiatives Developed to Address Water Resource Issues in Washington State | |
March 2003: CALIFORNIA: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: WASHINGTON: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: IDAHO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
February 2003: Another Chapter in Salmonid Recovery - Oregon Agencies Respond to Scientific Recommendations | |
December 2001: District Court Issues Summary Judgment Order in CVPIA § 3406 (B)(2) Litigation over "Environmental Water" In re CVPIA §3406(b)(2) Litigation ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 97-6140 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 19, 2001). | |
June 2001: Federal Claims Court Finds that the Fish & Wildlife Services' Restrictions on Water Outflows to Protect the Delta Smelt and Chinook Salmon under the ESA Constitutes a Fifth Amendment "Taking" Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District v. United States, ___F.3d___, Case No. 98-101 (Fed. Cl. April 30, 2001). | |
June 2001: Federal Claims Court Finds that the Fish & Wildlife Services' Restrictions on Water Outflows to Protect the Delta Smelt and Chinook Salmon under the ESA Constitutes a Fifth Amendment "Taking" Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District v. United States, ___F.3d___, Case No. 98-101 (Fed. Cl. April 30, 2001). | |
April 2001: New Developments in Impacts of the Endangered Species Act on California's Water Supplies |
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June 2010: A Move Toward the Statewide Management of Groundwater Resources— LAO’s 2010 Report and SB 6X7 | |
June 2010: Sixth District Holds Adjudicated ‘Physical Solutions’ Limit a Local Agency’s Authority to Require Environmental Review of Water Usage California American Water v. City of Seaside, 183 Cal. App.4th 471 (6th Dist. 2010) | |
January 2010: Full Steam Ahead for the Umatilla Basin Aquifer Restoration Project | |
December 2009: One Large Step Forward: The California Water Deal of 2009—A Look at the Historic New State Water Legislation | |
December 2009: It’s Not Just about Water, and It’s Not Just about the Delta: Land Use Regulation and the New Water Bills | |
March 2009: Brackish Deep Well Jurisdictional Exception under Challenge in New Mexico via Proposed State Legislation | |
February 2009: DWR Announces Local Groundwater Assistance Grant Awards; More Funds Available | |
February 2009: Butte County’s Approval of Negative Declaration on Tuscan Aquifer Project Challenged in Butte County Superior Court Butte Environmental Council v. Butte County, et al. 144968 (Butte Co. Super. Ct) | |
January 2009: Superior Court Rules Antelope Valley Aquifer Is Hydrologically Connected Antelope Valley Groundwater Coord. Proceding No. 4408, ruling Nov. 12, 2008 (Santa Ana Cnty Sup Ct) | |
January 2009: Oregon Water Resources Department Near Completion of Deschutes Basin Ground Water Mitigation Program: Five-Year Program Review | |
October 2008: Third District Court to Review Decision of Superior Court Upholding Water District’s Groundwater Charge under Proposition 218 Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass’n v. North San Joaquin Water Conservation District C059758 (3rd Dist. 2008) | |
July 2008: Los Angeles Mayor Proposes Recycled Water to Replenish City Aqufers | |
July 2008: Colorado Governor Enacts Legislation to Protect and Preserve Colorado’s Water Resources | |
May 2008: New Restrictions on Exempt Wells and Land Development Imposed In Kittitas County, Washington State | |
February 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Study Finds Significant Land Subsidence in Coachella Valley | |
February 2008: Environmental Group Sues Irrigation District for Allegedly Violating CEQA when Approving Plan to Drill Research Groundwater Wells Butte Environmental Council v. Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, et. al 07CV00538, lawsuit filed, Dec. 17, 2007 Glenn Co. Super. Ct. | |
January 2008: New Mexico Supreme Court Affirms Home-Rule Municipality’s Authority to Regulate Domestic Wells within City Limits Smith v. City of Santa Fe 2007-NMSC-055 (N.M. 2007) | |
January 2008: Idaho Governor’s Announcement of Various Water Conservation Projects Coincides with Major Water Rights Hearing | |
January 2008: City of San Antonio Signals End to Unrestrained Growth in Recharge Zone | |
November 2007: Monterey Peninsula Water Suppliers Reach Accord with Wildlife Agencies on Groundwater Injection | |
July 2007: Sixth District Holds that Groundwater Augmentation Charges Are Subject to Proposition 218 Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency v. Amrhein 150 Cal.App.4th 1364 (6th Dist. 2007) | |
April 2007: Senate Bill No. 178 Revives Legislative Push for Statewide Groundwater Monitoring and Reporting | |
March 2007: Lower Rio Grande Adjudication Update: Various Parties and State Engineer Reach Settlement Regarding State Engineer’s First Amended Metering Order State of New Mexico ex rel. Office of the State Engineer v. Elephant Butte Irrigation District, et al. CV-96-888 (3rd Jud. District) | |
March 2007: Colorado Supreme Court Finds Stipulated Decree Provision Restricts Certain Water Exports from the Upper Black Squirrel Designated Ground Water Basin Cherokee Metropolitan District v. Simpson 148 P.3d 142 (Colo. Nov. 27, 2006) | |
January 2007: Water Legislation 2006: Out-Of-State Influences Impact Legislation in a Constructive but Uneventful Year | |
December 2006: Coordinated Floridan Aquifer Groundwater Pumping Limits Move Toward Implementation in Central Florida | |
November 2006: Fourth District Upholds Environmental Impact Report Permitting Mission Creek Well Project to Continue Sierra Club v. Mission Springs Water District, ___ Cal. App.4th___ E039194 (4th Dist. Sept. 21, 2006) | |
August 2006: State Water Resources Control Board Designates Local Agencies to Administer Groundwater Recordation Program | |
August 2006: Sonoma County Superior Court Finds Rohnert Park Water Supply Assessment Inadequate under SB 610: Exhaustive Analysis of Groundwater Basin Required O.W.L. Foundation v. City of Rohnert Park 236309, unpub. op. (Sonoma County Superior Ct. May 31, 2006) | |
August 2006: Public Fear and Misconception Generate Obstacles to Successful Water Banking Projects—Planners Must Focus on Public Process to Educate, Communicate, and Adapt to Avoid Failure | |
June 2006: Environmental Group Files CEQA Lawsuit Challenging LAFCO’s Elimination of Water Conservation District’s Sphere of Influence Center for Biological Diversity v. San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission SCVSS136990, filed April 19, 2006 (San Bernardino County Superior Court) | |
May 2006: Environmental Groups Challenge Validity of Santa Clarita Valley Urban Water Management Plan California Water Impact Network v. Castaic Lake Water Agency CIV239359, filed Feb. 27, 2006 (Ventura Co. Super. Ct.) | |
May 2006: Court Uphold’s Castaic Lake Water Agency’s Groundwater Banking Plan California Water Network v. Castaic Lake Water Agency Case No. B177978 (Ventura County Super. Ct. March 23, 2006) | |
May 2006: Arizona Department of Water Resources Prepares to Adopt Permanent Well Spacing and Well Replacement Rules | |
May 2006: Despite Years of Drought, Idaho Senate Kills Aquifer Recharge Bill | |
April 2006: Orlando/Orange County’s Requests for New Permits Raise Widespread Concerns as Central Florida Groundwater Use Reaches Its Limit | |
March 2006: Michigan Legislature Receives Major Report on Groundwater Resources and Recommendations for New Groundwater Policies | |
February 2006: Ninth Circuit Rules that Private Landowners Have No Action for Interference with Groundwater Rights where a Neighbor Is Pumping Groundwater to Benefit the Land from which the Water Was Withdrawn Brady v. Abbott Laboratories, ___F.3d___ 04-15257 (9th Cir. Dec. 29, 2005) | |
February 2006: Georgia Environmental Protection Division Issues Draft Groundwater Management Plan to Combat Saltwater Intrusion | |
January 2006: River Authority Plans to Import Groundwater to Central Texas | |
January 2006: Texas Court Rules State Water Agency Has Exclusive Jurisdiction over Provision of Water by Retail Public Utility Hyde v. Ray 2-03-123-CV (2nd Tex. App.— Ft. Worth Dec. 8, 2005) | |
January 2006: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Teams with Idaho Officials to Initiate Water Storage Assessment Investigation | |
January 2006: Preserving Water Supply through Land Conservation: Efforts by New York and New Jersey | |
December 2005: U. S. House of Representatives Unanimously Approves HR 117, Designed to Improve Southern California’s Water Quality and Quantity | |
December 2005: Utah Legislative Task Force to Recommend Passage of a Groundwater Management Act | |
December 2005: City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico Appeals New Mexico State Engineer’s Ruling on Use of Groundwater Rights for Offset Purposes | |
November 2005: Madera Irrigation District Purchases 14,000-Acre Ranch to Create Water Bank; County Threatens Suit | |
November 2005: Metropolitan Water District Authorizes New Groundwater Storage Project | |
October 2005: Washington State Attorney General Weighs In on Groundwater Permit Exemption for Stockwatering Use | |
September 2005: Oregon: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
September 2005: Texas: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
September 2005: Washington: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
September 2005: Idaho: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
September 2005: Arizona: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
August 2005: Court Provisionally Approves Stipulation to End Eight-Year Santa Maria Basin Adjudication | |
August 2005: California Senate Natural Resources and Water Resources Committee Approves Sweeping Water Bill | |
June 2005: Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board Authorizes Recycled Water Recharge for Chino Groundwater Basin | |
June 2005: Private Water Group Preparing to Pump the Ogallala Aquifer and Sell Groundwater to Far-Away Texas Cities | |
May 2005: Cherry Valley Residents Challenge Specific Plan EIR’s Water Supply Analysis Cherry Valley Pass Acres and Neighbors v. City of Beaumont RIC 427282, petition filed Mar. 17, 2005 (Riverside Co. Super. Ct) | |
May 2005: California Water Districts Sign Water Spreading Agreement to Replenish Groundwater in the Central Basin | |
March 2005: IDAHO: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
March 2005: NEW MEXICO: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
February 2005: Fresno County Board of Supervisors Passes Measures for Stricter Well Yield Standards | |
February 2005: San Francisco and Daly City Reach Landmark Agreement for Cooperative Use of Groundwater and Hetch Hetchy Water. | |
February 2005: Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment Plan Submitted for State Approval. | |
February 2005: Water Districts in the Coachella Valley Settle Lawsuit over Groundwater | |
February 2005: Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment Plan Submitted for State Approval | |
January 2005: Two Arizona Cities Reach Agreement for Groundwater Transfers | |
November 2004: California Court of Appeal Holds that Urban Water Management Plan Is Invalid for Failing to Adequately Address Perchlorate Contamination Friends of the Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water Agency F043273, unpubl. op. (5th App.Dist. Sept. 22, 2004) | |
November 2004: Can Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment System Provide a Model for the World? | |
November 2004: City of Santa Fe Awarded Supplemental Well Permits for Buckman Well Field: Update on Implications for Conjunctive Management in New Mexico. In the Matter of the Applications by the City of Santa Fe for Permits for Supplemental Wells in the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin, New Mexico Office of the State Engineer File Nos. RG-20516-S-10 through RG-20516-S-13 (Sep. 15, 2004) | |
October 2004: Recent Court Decisions and Publications Provide Guidance in Piecing Together Water Supply Analyses for Development Projects | |
October 2004: Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Water Conservation Requirements Arizona Water Company v. Arizona Department of Water Resources 91 P.3d 990 (Ariz. June 14, 2004) | |
August 2004: Texas Land Commissioner Engaged in Controversial Negotiations to Sell State-Owned Groundwater in West Texas to Private Investors. | |
May 2004: Groundwater versus Surface Water: Idaho Develops a Temporary Legislative Solution | |
March 2004: Texas: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
February 2004: Sacramento Groundwater Authority Adopts Groundwater Management Plan | |
February 2004: Idaho 2004 Legislative Forecast | |
February 2004: Central Valley City Proposes to Exercise Eminent Domain to Protect the City’s Groundwater Source within Another County | |
January 2004: Drought and Conjunctive Management of Groundwater and Surface Water: Lessons from New Mexico, Washington and Arizona | |
January 2004: Two Federal Bills Would Allow Federal Participation in Desalination and Water Recycling Projects, Improve Inland Empire Water Prospects | |
January 2004: Groundwater and Surface Water Issues Continue in Idaho | |
December 2003: California City Uses Desalination By-Products to Improve the Quality of Wetlands | |
December 2003: Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District Develops 100 Year Plan of Operation—Part II | |
December 2003: California Department of Water Resources Releases 2003 Update to Ground-water Bulletin 118 | |
1 December 2003: State Authorizes Ambitious Orange County Water District Plan to Use Recycled Water for Groundwater Recharge. | |
November 2003: Idaho Department of Water Addresses Water Management Issues Raised by Shortages | |
November 2003: Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District Develops 100- Year Plan of Operation | |
October 2003: Arizona Court of Appeals Invalidates State Groundwater Management Plan Arizona Water Company v. ADWR Case No. 1 CACV 02-2076 (Az. App. Aug. 12, 2003). | |
August/September 2003: California’s Metropolitan Water District Plans Underground Water Storage in Chino Basin and Orange County | |
August/September 2003: Second District Court of Appeal Upholds Denial of Motion to Equitably Apportion Unused Storage Capacity in Adjudicated Groundwater Basin Central and West Basin Water Replenishment District v. Southern California Water Company, et al. 109 Cal.App.4th 891 (2nd Dist. June 3, 2003). | |
August 2003: 2003 Washington State Legislature’s “Seven Dwarfs”—Water Resource Bills that Didn’t Make the Front Page | |
May 2003: Lack of Water in the Rio Grande River Hits El Paso, Texas Hard | |
April 2003: Mojave Water Agency Approves Water Banking Plan to Curtail Groundwater Overdraft | |
April 2003: State Decisions: Washington State Court of Appeals' Allows Commercial Uses under Groundwater Permit "Industrial" Exemption Kim v. PCHB, ___P.2d___ Case No. 27804-9-II (Wash. Ct. App. Jan. 24, 2003). | |
March 2003: ARIZONA: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
February 2003: Washington State Legislature Convenes; Continues Efforts at Water Law Reform | |
February 2003: Colorado Water Judge Voids State Engineer Well Regulations Concerning the Proposed Amended Rules and Regulations Governing the Diversion and Use of Tributary Ground Water in the South Platte River Basin, Case No. 02 CW 108 (Colorado District Court, Water Division One, Order of Dec. 23, 2002). | |
February 2003: Nevada State Engineer Issues Ruling Concerning Applications to Appropriate Groundwater from Tule Desert Hydrographic Basin | |
February 2003: After the Pala/Pauma Decision: Criteria for Classifying Groundwater as Subterranean Streams or Percolating Groundwater |
January 2003: Idaho Department of Water Resources Sets Water Rights Transfer Policies and Procedures | |
December 2002: San Bernardino County Adopts Groundwater Management Ordinance pertaining to County's Unincorporated, Unadjudicated Desert Region | |
December 2002: California and China Face Similar Issues in Addressing Water Shortage Crisis | |
December 2002: Nevada State Engineer Grants Applications to Change Groundwater Rights in the Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System in Southern Nevada | |
November 2002: Managing Water Shortages in a Changing West | |
November 2002: Metropolitan Water District Board of Southern California Scraps Cadiz Groundwater Project | |
November 2002: Governor Approves S.B. 1938, Requiring Incorporation of Basin Management Objectives into Groundwater Management Plans | |
November 2002: Legislation, Appeal Bring Central Basin Groundwater Issues to the Spotlight | |
October 2002: Your Worst Nightmare: Providing Safe Drinking Water from a Superfund Site | |
October 2002: State Court: Colorado Supreme Court Clarifies that for Ground-water Used Conjunctively, Historic Use of the Ground-water Right Is Necessary for Change to that Right The State Engineer and the Division Engineer for Water Division 3 v. Bradley ___P.3d___,Case No.01SA295 (Colo.Sept.9,2002). | |
September 2002: CALIFORNIA: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: COLORADO: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: TEXAS: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: NEW MEXICO: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: IDAHO: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: OREGON: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: ARIZONA: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: UTAH: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: NEVADA: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
August 2002: Court, Water Producers Consider Plan to Solve Chino Basin Subsidence Problem Chino Basin Municipal Water District v. The City of Chino, Case No. RCV 51010 (San Bernardino County Superior Court, Order dated June 19, 2002). | |
July 2002: Groundwater Management in California: The Sax Report and Beyond | |
July 2002: Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Pilot Project to Put a Combination of Well Water and Recycled Water in Lake Elsinore. | |
May 2002: OREGON: Deschutes Basin Faces the Ongoing Dilemma of Restoration and Mitigation; Looks to Mitigation Credits | |
March 2002: Central Basin Pumpers Appeal Decision Denying Their Motion for Groundwater Storage Rights Central-West Basin Replenishment et al., Respondents v. Southern California Water Co. et al., Appellants Case No. B155143, appeal filed Dec. 6, 2001 (2nd Dist). | |
March 2002: Calaveras Country Passes Ordinance Regulating the Extraction and Transfer of Groundwater | |
January 2002: Department of Water Resources Grant Helps Fund Long-term Water Storage in Southern California | |
December 2001: NEW MEXICO: City of Rio Rancho Appeals State Engineer's Decision Requiring Purchase of Offset Water Rights before Groundwater Pumping Affects River | |
November 2001: California State Water Resources Control Board Concludes Workshops on Test for Classification of Groundwater | |
October 2001: IDAHO: Director of Water Resources Designates Two New Groundwater Management Areas - Litigants to "Basin Wide Issues" Settle Case | |
October 2001: Mitigation Credits and Banking: Market-based Strategies for Addressing Hydraulic Connection in Oregon's Deschutes Basin | |
June 2001: Metropolitan Water District Provides $45 Million in Proposition 13 Funds for Conjunctive Use Water Storage Projects in Southern California | |
May 2001: Nevada: State Engineer Grants Groundwater Permits to the Las Vegas Valley Water District |
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International |
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Internet |
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August 2010: Idaho’s Treasure Valley Comprehensive Aquifer Management Planning Moves Forward | |
March 2010: Idaho Department of Water Resources Decision Restricts Application of ‘Reasonable Planning Horizon’ Provisions to Preexisting Municipal Water Providers | |
April 2007: California Supreme Court Imposes Significant New Requirements for Analysis of Water Supplies for Land Use Plans under CEQA Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Rancho Cordova 40 Cal.4th 412, petitions for rehearing pending (2007) | |
March 2007: Sixth District Court Upholds Denial of CEQA Petition Challenging Mitigated Negative Declaration for Monterey County Development Project Landwatch Monterey County v. County of Monterey, ___Cal.App.4th___ H028659, Unpub. Op. (6th Dist. Jan. 23, 2007) | |
March 2007: California Supreme Court Rejects Rancho Cordova EIR’s Water Supply Analysis Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Rancho Cordova, ___Cal.4th___ S132972 (Feb. 1, 2007) | |
March 2007: The Water Supply-Land Use Waltz Plays On: The California Supreme Court’s Decision in Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Rancho Cordova | |
March 2007: Got Water?—California Supreme Court Clarifies CEQA Requirements for Analysis of Water Supplies | |
March 2007: Nevada State Engineer Rejects Bulk of Request to Appropriate Water for Large-Scale Development Near Las Vegas | |
March 2006: New Mexico: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: Court Rules that Revised EIR Adequately Disclosed Water Supply Uncertainty and Perchlorate Impact in SCOPE Case Santa Clarita Organization for Planning the Environment v. County of Los Angeles (Newhall Land and Farming Co.) 1043805 (Santa Barbara Co. Super. Ct. Jan. 6, 2006) | |
December 2005: Third District Court Holds Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Report Legally Insufficient In re Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated Proceedings, ___Cal.App.4th___ 4152, (3rd Dist. Oct. 7, 2005) | |
December 2005: California Attorney General Opines that Water Code Allows Agreements For Construction of Oversized Water Facilities 5 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen 307 (Oct. 12, 2005) | |
December 2005: Second District Decertifies Environmental Impact Report Based upon Inadequate Water Supply Analysis California Oak Foundation v. City of Santa Clarita,___Cal.App.4th___ B175580 (2nd Dist. Nov. 2, 2005) | |
October 2005: Oregon Legislature Passes House Bill 3038 in Response to Oregon Court of Appeals Decision that Restricted Water Rights Not Used within Five Years | |
September 2005: Texas: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
August 2005: Arizona Legislature Enacts Planning Requirements for Water Providers | |
May 2005: Water Supply Assessment for the City of Rohnert Park Challenged O.W.L. Foundation v. City of Rohnert Park SCV-236309, filed Feb. 24, 2005 (Sonoma Co. Super. Ct.) | |
May 2005: Third District Court Rules ‘Identified,’ Though Not Yet Developed, Water Supply May Satisfy CEQA Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cordova (Sunrise Douglas Property Owners Assn.) 127 Cal.App.4th 490 (2005) | |
October 2004: Recent Court Decisions and Publications Provide Guidance in Piecing Together Water Supply Analyses for Development Projects | |
October 2004: Third District Finds Counties May Regulate Private Reservoirs Delta Wetlands Properties v. County of San Joaquin 121 Cal.App.4th 128 (3rd Dist. 2004) | |
August 2004: Curtailing Water Use in Washington—Is it time for a Domestic Use Preference? | |
July 2004: Developer SunCal Northlake Sues Newhall County Water District for Adopting New, Conservative Estimates of the Water Available for Suburban Growth. LB/L SunCal Northlake LLC v. Newhall County Water District BS089750, filed April 27, 2004 (L.A. Super. Ct). | |
April 2004: California Supreme Court Clarifies the Meaning of “Assessment” under the Right to Vote on Taxes Act in Connection with Municipal Water Connection Fee Richmond v. Shasta Community Services District 32 Cal.4th 409 (Cal. 2004). | |
December 2003: State Senate Committee Concludes that Water Supply Planning Laws Need Improvement | |
December 2003: Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District Develops 100 Year Plan of Operation—Part II | |
April 2003: Newhall Project Delayed Again by Appellate Court; More Water Supply Analysis Required Santa Clarita Organization for Planning the Environment et al. v. County of Los Angeles ___Cal.App.4th___. Case No. B155552 (2nd Dist. Feb. 27, 2003). | |
October 2002: Water Rights and Water Quality Issues in Land Use Decisions: Example from Oregon Molalla River Reserve, Inc. v. Clackamas County, 2002 Ore.Land Use Bd.___(2002). | |
October 2001: California Senate Bill 221 Would Require a Reliable Source of Water for New Real Estate Development Projects |
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Los Vaqueros Reservoir |
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Metering |
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Mississippi River |
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Missouri River |
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Mitigation Credits |
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Moratorium |
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Municipal Use Restrictions |
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Mutual Water Companies |
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North American Free Trade Agreement |
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Owens River |
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February 2009: Ageing Infrastructure and Public Funding Shortfalls Make Privatizing Water in the U.S. a Timely Issue | |
October 2007: City of Stockton Abandons Appeal of Judgment Ordering Rescission of Contract for Privatization of Water and Sewer Services Concerned Citizens Coalition of Stockton, et al., v. City of Stockton, et al. C054860, (3rd Dist, dismissed by stipulation, Aug. 9, 2007) | |
May 2004: San Joaquin Superior Court Grants New Trial in CEQA Challenge to City of Stockton Water Privatization Contract Concerned Citizens Coalition, et al., v. City of Stockton San Joaquin Super. Ct., Case No. CV020397. | |
February 2004: The Nation’s Water Wars Head East | |
December 2003: Superior Court Rules that City of Stockton’s Privatization of Municipal Water and Wastewater Operations Is Not Exempt from California Environmental Quality Act Concerned Citizens Coalition of Stockton, et al., v. City of Stockton, et al. Case No. CV 020397 (Super. Ct. San Joaquin Co. Oct. 17, 2003). | |
April 2003: The Battle over Privatization of Water Utilities: The Stockton Story. |
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October 2005: Mexicali Farmers Sue to Stop Lining of All-American Canal Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C. v. United States of America, et al. CV-S-05-0870-KJD-PAL, filed July 19, 2005 (D. Nev.) | |
July 2005: Nine Lawsuits Plague Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement | |
January 2004: Water and the 2003 California Legislature: Polemics, Procrastination & Pirouettes | |
December 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement—Wrapping Up the Deal | |
December 2003: Will Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District Unravel the Quantification Settlement Agreement? Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District; Michael W. Morgan et al. v. Imperial Irrigation District Case No. L-01510, filed July 18, 2003 (Imperial County Superior Court); Case No. ECU 01646, filed Nov. 3, 2003 (Imperial County Superior Court) | |
June 2003: Arizona Legislature Agrees to Forego Colorado River Surplus Entitlement in Exchange for Shortage Indemnity by Metropolitan Water District | |
May 2003: Federal Court Enjoins U.S. Interior Department from Cutting California's Imperial Irrigation District's Colorado River Water Imperial Irrigation District v. United States, Gale Norton, et al. Case No. 03CV0069W (JFS), filed Jan. 10, 2003 (S.D. Cal). | |
May 2003: Salton Sea Authority Endorses Restoration Plan | |
April 2003: The Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement on the Brink - A View from San Diego | |
April 2003: Negotiators Agree to Terms of Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement, but Final Agreement Is Not Yet Certain | |
October 2002: Quantification Agreement Challenged: Suit to Save Salton Sea Could Cause Water Shortages in Southland Center for Biological Diversity v. Norton, filed, C.D. Cal. Sept. 4, 2002. |
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August 2010: San Diego County Water Authority Files Lawsuit against Metropolitan Water District Alleging Illegal Water Rates | |
May 2010: Superior Court Finds City’s Water Rate Hikes Unconstitutional Due to Notice Defects and Violations of Statutory Voting Requirements Foster Poultry Farms, Inc. v. City of Livingston CV000292 (Merced Super. Ct. 2010) | |
March 2010: First District Finds Minimum Base Rate Water Charge Per Parcel Doesn’t Require Proposition 218 Ballot Approval Paland v. Brooktrails Township Community Services Board of Directors, 179 Cal.App.4th 1358 (1st Dist. 2009) | |
October 2009: First Appellate District finds Monthly Base Rate for Water Service Is a Property-Related Fee, Not an Assessment, under Article XIII D of the California Constitution Paland v. Brooktrails Township Community Services Dist. Bd. of Directors, ___Cal.App.4th___ A122630 (1st Dist. July 31, 2009) | |
June 2009: Having Transferred Water Service Fee Income to Its General Fund, Los Angeles Faces Imminent Prospect of Issuing $30 Million Refund City of Los Angeles v. All Persons Interested, Los Angeles Cnty Super Ct, tentative statement of decision BC369238, (2009) | |
June 2009: Northern California Water Districts Respond to Supply Reductions and Infrastructure Needs via Mandatory Conservation Measures and Rate Increases | |
May 2009: News from the West | |
February 2009: Massachusetts Court finds Property Owner Legitimately Charged More for Water Usage Because He Failed to Allow Access to Water Meters Forster v. Town of Belmont 0452-CV-1301 (Mass.App.Div. Dec. 17, 2008) | |
November 2008: Developing Conservation-Based Water Rate Structures in Compliance with Proposition 218 | |
November 2008: Trenton New Jersey Sued in County Court for ‘Taxation without Representation’ Due to Its Alleged Diversions of Water Rate Revenue to General Projects Hopewell Township, et al. v. City of Trenton filed, October 21, 2008 (Mercer County Court) | |
October 2008: Third District Court to Review Decision of Superior Court Upholding Water District’s Groundwater Charge under Proposition 218 Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass’n v. North San Joaquin Water Conservation District C059758 (3rd Dist. 2008) | |
May 2008: New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Decision ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ in Complicated Battle for Water Service Territory | |
April 2008: Water Users Attempt to Expand Sixth District’s 2007 Holding that Groundwater Augmentation Fees Are Subject to Proposition 218 Pajaro Sunny Mesa Community Services District v. Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency CV 159508, County of Santa Cruz Superior Court, filed Feb. 20, 2008 | |
January 2007: Water Legislation 2006: Out-Of-State Influences Impact Legislation in a Constructive but Uneventful Year | |
December 2006: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Lawsuit Challenges Stockton’s Use of Water Fee Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assoc., et al. v. City of Stockton CV030686, filed Oct. 6, 2006 (San Joaquin Superior Court) | |
October 2006: California Supreme Court Extends the Reach of Proposition 218 Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil 39 Cal.4th 205 (2006) | |
March 2006: Court of Appeal Finds that a Water District Can Collect Unpaid Water Assessments from a Property Owner Souza v. Westlands Water District, ___Cal.App.4th___ F045293 (5th Dist. Jan. 17, 2006) | |
November 2005: California Public Utilities Commission Audit Concludes San Gabriel Valley Water Company Owes Ratepayers over $27 Million | |
June 2005: Cal-Am Asks PUC to Limit Intervenors in Rate Request to Pay for Desalinization Project &65279;Cal. P.U.C. Proceeding A05-02-012, filed Feb. 16, 2005 | |
October 2004: Water Agency’s Rates and Charges Are Not Subject to Proposition 218 Voter Approval or Initiative Process Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Beringson 120 Cal.App.4th 890 (4th Dist. 2004) | |
July 2003: San Diego Superior Court Upholds San Diego County Water Authority's Water Transportation Rate Methodology Rincon Del Diablo Municipal Water District, et al. v. San Diego County Water Authority Case No. GIC 798230 (San Diego Superior Court April 24, 2003). | |
December 2001: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's New Rate Structures for Southern California | |
January 2001: Sacramento County Superior Court to Reconsider Ruling on Validity of Water Rates and Connection Fees Building Industry Association of Superior California v. Florin Resource Conservation District Case No.00CS00375 (Sac. Co. Superior Court Dec. 5, 2000) |
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June 2006: Washington State Legislature Provides New Encouragement for Reclaimed Wastewater | |
June 2006: Northeast Florida Increases Residential Irrigation with Treated Sewage Ef-fluent | |
May 2005: California Water Districts Sign Water Spreading Agreement to Replenish Groundwater in the Central Basin | |
February 2005: President Bush Signs Budget Bill Appropriating Millions of Dollars for Orange County Water Projects. | |
January 2005: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Issues Record of Decision on Cachuma Project | |
January 2005: Third District Court Rules State Water Resources Control Board Must Specify ‘Actual Use’ Central Delta Water Agency v. State Water Resources Control Board (Delta Wetlands Properties) C041749, modifying opinion of Nov. 19, 2004 (3rd Dist. Dec. 16, 2004) | |
January 2005: Texas Water District and Land Owners Reach Historic Settlement of Dispute over Control of Lakefront Property | |
November 2004: Can Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment System Provide a Model for the World? | |
March 2003: CALIFORNIA: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: OREGON: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: NEW MEXICO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: NEVADA: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: ARIZONA: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: UTAH: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: IDAHO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: COLORADO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
August 2002: The Salton Sea: A Resource at Risk | |
August 2002: Tenth Circuit Reverses Jury Verdict Awarding Insurance Coverage to Colorado Sewage Treatment Entity, though Notice Was Untimely Metro Wastewater Reclamation District v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, ___F.3d___, Nos. 99-1327, 99-1336, 01-1196, 01-1234 (10th Cir. May 24, 2002). | |
July 2002: Ninth Circuit Finds that Army Corps of Engineers Acted within the Confines of NEPA in Not Preparing an EIS in Connection with Oregon Reservoir Tillamook County v. U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers 288 F.3d 1140, (9th Cir. 2002) | |
July 2002: Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Pilot Project to Put a Combination of Well Water and Recycled Water in Lake Elsinore. | |
June 2001: Governor Appoints Members to State Reclamation Board |
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July 2010: Superior Court Upholds City of Palmdale’s Decision to Provide Recycled Water Service within Palmdale Water District’s Service Area Palmdale Water District v. City of Palmdale BC 420492, (L.A. Super Ct) | |
April 2010: Arizona Governor Forms Blue Ribbon Panel on Water Sustainability | |
November 2009: FEMA Sued in Federal District Court for Issuance of Flood Insurance Constituting a Violation of the Endangered Species Act WildEarth Guardians v. Federal Emergency Management Administration 01-0079-MCA/RLP (D. N.M. 2009) | |
October 2009: Residential Graywater: A New Water Source in California | |
October 2009: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari, Allows Ninth Circuit Opinion to Stand Upholding First-Ever Exclusive Use of Wastewater for Snowmaking Navajo Nation v. U.S. Forest Service, cert. denied 129 S. Ct. 2763 (U.S. 2009); 535 F.3d 1058, 1063 (9th Cir. 2008) | |
March 2009: Oregon Statewide Water Roundtables Results—A Snapshot of Water Issue Perspectives across the State | |
February 2008: Purified Wastewater Augments Orange County’s Diminishing Water Supplies | |
January 2008: Idaho Governor’s Announcement of Various Water Conservation Projects Coincides with Major Water Rights Hearing | |
May 2007: Sonoma County Water Agency Jumps Onboard the Recycled Water Bandwagon | |
May 2007: Ninth Circuit Holds Use of Recycled Sewage Effluent to Make Artificial Snow Violates Religious Freedom Restoration Act and NEPA Navajo Nation, et al. v. U.S. Forest Service, et al., ___ F.3d ___ 06-15371, 06-15436, 06-15455 (9th Cir. March 12, 2007) | |
August 2006: Kern County Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Sludge Ban Initiative | |
January 2006: City of San Diego Sued Over Plans to Convert Wastewater Into Drinking Water Currie v. City of San Diego, Case No. GIC857292 filed Nov. 22, 2005 (San Diego Co. Super. Ct.) | |
September 2005: Idaho: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
September 2005: New Mexico: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
September 2005: Utah: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
September 2005: Arizona: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
July 2005: U.S. House of Representatives Approves Inland Empire Water Recycling Funding | |
June 2005: Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board Authorizes Recycled Water Recharge for Chino Groundwater Basin | |
November 2004: State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Water Rights and Water Quality Fee Schedules for 2004-2005 | |
November 2004: Can Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment System Provide a Model for the World? | |
February 2004: Expansion of Water Recycling Program Did Not Require a Supplemental EIR under CEQA Santa Teresa Citizen Action Group v. City of San Jose ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. H024841 (6th Dist. Dec. 18, 2003). | |
January 2004: Two Federal Bills Would Allow Federal Participation in Desalination and Water Recycling Projects, Improve Inland Empire Water Prospects | |
1 December 2003: State Authorizes Ambitious Orange County Water District Plan to Use Recycled Water for Groundwater Recharge. | |
October 2003: Utah State Engineer to Address the Right to Make Reuse of Treated Waste Water | |
March 2003: CALIFORNIA: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: NEW MEXICO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: NEVADA: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: ARIZONA: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: UTAH: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: IDAHO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: COLORADO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
November 2002: Managing Water Shortages in a Changing West | |
November 2002: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Conflicts Between Water Reuse and the Law of Water Rights | |
October 2002: Court of Appeal: Open Space District which Made a Conveyance of Open Space Lands under the Spectre of Eminent Domain Does Not Require Voter or Legislative Approval Johnston v. Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District __Cal.App.4th___,Case No.A097121 (1st Dist.July 31,2002). | |
October 2002: Department of Health Services Prepares Draft Regulations Governing Recharge of Groundwater with Recycled Water | |
October 2002: San Francisco Water Supply Bond to Proceed without Support of Environmental Groups | |
June 2002: California Department of Water Resources' State Recycled Water Task Force Holds Inaugural Meeting |
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June 2009: Environmental Groups Sue State Challenging CEQA Compliance for Drought Water Bank | |
January 2008: Idaho Governor’s Announcement of Various Water Conservation Projects Coincides with Major Water Rights Hearing | |
December 2006: Colorado Supreme Court Expands on the ‘Can and Will’ Doctrine in Canceling Major Storage Conditional Water Rights | |
August 2006: Second Circuit Ruling that New York City Must Obtain an NPDES Permit when Transferring Water between Distinct Waterbodies Appears in Conflict with EPA’s Proposed Water Transfer Rule Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited v. City of New York, ___F.3d___ 03-7203(L) and 03-7253(XAP) (2nd Cir. June 13, 2006) | |
May 2006: Change of Use and Inter-Basin Water Transfers: Implications for the Rural Community | |
March 2006: California: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: By Unanimous Vote, the Board of Directors for the Imperial Irrigation District Cement Plans to Line the All-American Canal | |
January 2006: Imperial Irrigation District Announces Intent to Halt New Water Tranfers | |
January 2006: Preserving Water Supply through Land Conservation: Efforts by New York and New Jersey | |
November 2005: Metropolitan Water District Authorizes New Groundwater Storage Project | |
October 2005: EPA Issues an Interpretation of the Clean Water Act that Exempts Water Transfers from NPDES Permitting Requirements | |
July 2005: Washington’s Drought Persists, Despite Recent Rains | |
May 2005: California Water Districts Sign Water Spreading Agreement to Replenish Groundwater in the Central Basin | |
March 2005: Sacramento Valley Farmers Sell Water to Southern California | |
March 2005: NEW MEXICO: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
February 2005: Colorado Water Conservation Board Issues Final Report on the Statewide Water Supply Initiative. | |
February 2005: Recent Developments in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Reevaluating the Peripheral Canal. | |
December 2004: Metropolitan Water District and the Southern Nevada Water Authority Reach Historic Cooperation on Colorado River Banking | |
December 2004: Sacramento County Water Authority Secures Water to Supply Growth through its Water Transfer Agreement with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District | |
November 2004: Yorba Linda Water District Sues Orange County Water District under 34-Year Old Water Supply Contract Yorba Linda Water Dist. v. Orange Co. Water Dist., cross-complaint 04CC09152 (Orange Co. Super. Ct.) | |
August 2004: San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Transfer Program Draft EIS/EIR Available for Public Review. | |
March 2004: Groundwater Storage: Not as Easy as It Sounds | |
February 2004: The Nation’s Water Wars Head East | |
February 2004: Mojave Water Agency and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Agree to Exchange State Water Project Supplies | |
August/September 2003: The Battle Over California’s IID-to-San Diego Water Transfer Heats Up on a Number of Fronts 2 | |
July 2003: San Diego Superior Court Upholds San Diego County Water Authority's Water Transportation Rate Methodology Rincon Del Diablo Municipal Water District, et al. v. San Diego County Water Authority Case No. GIC 798230 (San Diego Superior Court April 24, 2003). | |
April 2003: Water Agencies Take Special Interest in Two East Coast Clean Water Act Cases Requiring NPDES Permits for Large Water Purveyors Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited v. City of New York, 273 F.3d 481 (2d Cir. 2001); Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. South Florida Water Management District 280 F.3d 1364 (11th Cir. 2002). | |
March 2003: State Water Resources Control Board Denies Petition for Change in Place and Purpose of Use of Claimed Pre-1914 Water Right to Instream Use | |
March 2003: COLORADO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
February 2003: Sacramento Valley Farmers and Metropolitan Water District Agree to Option and Short-Term Water Transfer Agreements for 2003 | |
February 2003: Imperial Irrigation District Sues Department of Interior Officials over Reduction in Colorado River Water Allocation Imperial Irrigation District v. United States, Gale Norton, et al Case No. 03CV0069W (JFS), filed Jan. 10, 2003 (S.D. Cal) | |
February 2003: In Wake of German Corporation's Purchase of U.S. Water Company, Small California Communities Seek to Control Local Supplies | |
January 2003: Idaho Department of Water Resources Sets Water Rights Transfer Policies and Procedures | |
January 2003: California Department of Water Resources Helps Agencies Augment Water Supplies again in 2003 | |
December 2002: Imperial Irrigation District Water Transfer Scheduled to Be Finalized before December 31, 2002 Deadline | |
December 2002: Court Rules Castaic Lake Water Agency Can Continue Purchasing Kern County Water Friends of the Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water Agency Case No. BS 056954 (Los Angeles Superior Court Sept. 24, 2002). | |
November 2002: Proposal to Transport Northern California River Water to San Diego in Floating Bags Is before the State Water Resources Control Board | |
October 2002: Washington Supreme Court Rejects Application of a Public Interest Criteria Test in Determining Transfers of Surface Water Rights: The Sullivan Creek Decision PUD No. 1 of Pend Oreille County v. Washington Department of Ecology, 51 P.3d 744 (Wa.July 18,2002). | |
September 2002: NEW MEXICO: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
August 2002: California's Imperial Valley Farmers Called Upon to Fallow 75,000 Acres in Anticipation of Reduced Colorado River Supplies; Legislature Considers ESA Implications | |
June 2002: California Supreme Court Declines to Visit Castaic Lake Decision which Struck Down EIR for Water Transfer Friends fo the Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water | |
January 2002: Update on Water Transfers Workgroup Progress | |
December 2001: Court of Appeals: Transport of Water through State Distribution System May Require NPDES Permit under the Clean Water Act Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, et al., ___F.3d___, Docket No. 00-9447 (2nd Cir. Oct. 23, 2001). | |
October 2001: Sacramento County Files Lawsuit Against Florin Resources Conservation District Sacramento County Water Agency v. Florin Resource Conservation Dist. Case No. 01-AS05044, filed Aug. 29, 2001 (Sacramento County Superior Court). | |
October 2001: Mitigation Credits and Banking: Market-based Strategies for Addressing Hydraulic Connection in Oregon's Deschutes Basin | |
October 2001: State Water Resources Control Board Issues Numerous Orders Approving Temporary Water Transfers | |
May 2001: Metropolitan Water District's First Market Search Yields Conceptual Approval of Two Transfer and Storage Agreements | |
May 2001: Klamath Irrigation Project Woes Continue as United States Ceases Nearly All Deliveries to Irrigation Users under 2001 Operations Plan Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association, et al. v. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.C001955 (N. D. Cal. April 3, 2001). Oregon Steven Kandra, et al. v. Gale Norton, et al Case No.01-61-6124 TC (D. Or.) filed April 9, 2001 | |
May 2001: Klamath Irrigation Project Woes Continue as United States Ceases Nearly All Deliveries to Irrigation Users under 2001 Operations Plan Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association, et al. v. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.C001955 (N. D. Cal. April 3, 2001). Oregon (Steven Kandra, et al. v. Gale Norton, et al, Case No.01-61-6124 TC (D. Or.) filed April 9, 2001. |
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August 2010: Implementing House Bill 3369—Determining ‘Ecological Flows’ in Oregon | |
July 2010: Oregon Adopts Water Management Rules that Will Operate in Conjunction with the Current Deschutes Ground Water Mitigation Rules and Mitigation Credit Rules | |
July 2010: News from the West | |
August 2009: Cadiz Valley Dry-Year Supply Project Getting a Second Look Amid Increasingly Dire Water Supply Projections in Drought-Stricken California | |
June 2009: Environmental Groups Sue State Challenging CEQA Compliance for Drought Water Bank | |
January 2009: Arizona Court of Appeals finds Water District’s Use of Underground Storage Facility Cannot Be Basis for Claim for Damages by Third-Party Landowner South West Sand and Gravel v. Central Arizona Water Conservation District, ___P.3d___, 543 Ariz.Adv.Rep. 15 1 CA-CV 07-0435 (Div. 1, Ariz.App. Nov. 10, 2008) | |
December 2008: News from the West | |
November 2008: State Department of Water Resources Plans Drought Water Bank to Facilitate 2009 Water Transfers | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Idaho | |
November 2007: Monterey Peninsula Water Suppliers Reach Accord with Wildlife Agencies on Groundwater Injection | |
May 2007: Governor’s Water Plan Includes New Surface Water Storage | |
March 2007: HR 6111:Tax Relief and Health Care Act Includes Funding for California-Nevada Border Reservoir | |
March 2007: Georgia Legislature Joins Jockeying over ACF Reservoirs while the Three States Claim Negotiation Progress in Litigation Filing | |
March 2007: News from the West | |
February 2007: Washington Department of Ecology Issues Report on Instream Flows and Watershed Planning | |
February 2007: Governor Schwarzenegger’s Budget Includes Proposals for Land Use Related Spending | |
January 2007: Reclamation of Reclamation Develops Central Valley Project Water Banking Guidelines. | |
August 2006: Public Fear and Misconception Generate Obstacles to Successful Water Banking Projects—Planners Must Focus on Public Process to Educate, Communicate, and Adapt to Avoid Failure | |
May 2006: Court Uphold’s Castaic Lake Water Agency’s Groundwater Banking Plan California Water Network v. Castaic Lake Water Agency Case No. B177978 (Ventura County Super. Ct. March 23, 2006) | |
March 2006: Colorado: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: Arizona: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: Idaho: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: Nevada: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: Utah: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2006: Washington: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
January 2006: Yuba County Water Agency Files Petition with the SWRCB to Defer Implementation of the Long-Term Instream Flow Requirements | |
January 2006: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Teams with Idaho Officials to Initiate Water Storage Assessment Investigation | |
November 2005: Madera Irrigation District Purchases 14,000-Acre Ranch to Create Water Bank; County Threatens Suit | |
March 2005: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Offers Compromise Solution to Increase Fallbrook, Camp Pendleton Water Supplies through Conjunctive Use | |
March 2005: NEVADA: Interstate and International Water Issues | |
February 2005: Arizona and Nevada Reach New Water Banking Agreement. | |
December 2004: Metropolitan Water District and the Southern Nevada Water Authority Reach Historic Cooperation on Colorado River Banking | |
July 2004: No Dam Is an Island: In-Delta Storage Project Set to Use Subsided Islands to Store Water, Preserve Habitat and Farming. | |
July 2004: Major Aquifer Storage and Retrieval Facility Opens Near San Antonio. | |
June 2004: Partial Statement of Decision Issued in Santa Maria Valley Groundwater Litigation Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District, et al. v. City of Santa Maria, et al. Case No:1-97-CV-770214 (Santa Clara Sup. Ct., Order May 5, 2004). | |
April 2004: Contra Costa County Voters Approve Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project in “Measure N” Advisory Vote | |
April 2004: Idaho Department of Water Resources Issues Order Regarding Fish Creek Dam and Reservoir | |
March 2004: Groundwater Storage: Not as Easy as It Sounds | |
March 2004: New Mexico: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
February 2004: Setting Instream Flows in Washington: Governor Locke’s 2004 Legislative Agenda | |
October 2003: Colorado Voters Presented with Divisive Ballot Initiative Concerning Water Storage Projects | |
September 2003: New Mexico: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
1 September 2003: Washington: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams xxx | |
August/September 2003: California’s Metropolitan Water District Plans Underground Water Storage in Chino Basin and Orange County | |
August/September 2003: Riverside County Superior Court Orders Rampdown to 70 Percent Production under Mojave River Adjudication. City of Barstow, et al. v. City of Adelanto, et al. Case No. 208568, Riverside Superior Court (June 2003). | |
August 2003: 2003 Washington State Legislature’s “Seven Dwarfs”—Water Resource Bills that Didn’t Make the Front Page | |
July 2003: Court Approves Settlement in Litigation over Monterey Amendments Planning and Conservation League v. Department of Water Resources 83 Cal. App. 4th 892 (2000). | |
April 2003: Mojave Water Agency Approves Water Banking Plan to Curtail Groundwater Overdraft | |
April 2003: Meeting California's Water Supply Needs: Whatever Happened to Storage? | |
April 2003: Colorado Legislature Addresses Water Issues in Current Session | |
April 2003: Navajo Nation Sues U.S. Department of the Interior for Breach of Trust on Colorado River Water Rights The Navajo Nation v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al. Case No. CIV'03 0507 PCT PGR (D. Ariz., filed March 14, 2003). | |
March 2003: NEW MEXICO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: Coalition Formed to Promote Water Storage in California | |
March 2003: TEXAS: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
March 2003: IDAHO: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
February 2003: Washington State Legislature Convenes; Continues Efforts at Water Law Reform | |
February 2003: Agreement Reached to Prevent Litigation over Water Storage Project in Kern County | |
December 2002: Voters Approve $3.44 Billion Dollar Water Bond on the November 2002 Ballot | |
September 2002: CALIFORNIA: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: COLORADO: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: TEXAS: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: NEW MEXICO: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: IDAHO: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: OREGON: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: ARIZONA: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: UTAH: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
September 2002: NEVADA: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
May 2002: NEW MEXICO: Water Banking System Pilot Project Approved for Use on the Pecos River | |
May 2002: OREGON: Deschutes Basin Faces the Ongoing Dilemma of Restoration and Mitigation; Looks to Mitigation Credits | |
October 2001: Mitigation Credits and Banking: Market-based Strategies for Addressing Hydraulic Connection in Oregon's Deschutes Basin | |
June 2001: Utah: County Simplifies Process, Creates Water Bank to Address Shortages and Encourages the Interconnection of Water Distribution Systems through Revisions to Water Concurrency Ordinance | |
May 2001: Colorado: Will Water Banking Survive the 2001 Legislative Session? |
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August 2010: Fourth District Holds Statutory Criteria for Water Supply Assessments Are Not Ambiguous—Proposed Open-Air Composting Facility Is a ‘Project’ Center for Biological Diversity et al. v County of San Bernardino 185 Cal.App.4th 866 (4th Dist. 2010) | |
July 2010: Fourth District Finds CEQA Violation Where Infeasibility Determination for Alternative Looked to Only One Facility—Finds need for Water Supply Assessment Center for Biological Diversity v. County of San Bernardino, ___Cal.App.4th___ D056652, D056648 (4th Dist. May 25, 2010) | |
March 2010: San Joaquin County Superior Court Upholds EIR for City of Stockton’s 2035 General Plan Morada Area Association v. City of Stockton CV034370 (San Joaquin Super. Ct. Jan. 4, 2010) | |
March 2009: California Appellate Court Decides Meaning of California’s Recently-Enacted Water Supply Assessment Statute | |
March 2009: News from the West | |
January 2009: First District Court Finds that a Water Supply Assessment Relying on Groundwater Need Not Analyze Groundwater Pumping by All Users in the Basin O.W.L. Foundation v. City of Rohnert Park, ___Cal. App.4th___ A114809 (1st Dist. Nov. 19, 2008) | |
May 2008: Second Appellate District Finds Water Supply Assessments Not Actionable until Completion of Environmental Review Process California Water Impact Network v. Newhall County Water District, ___Cal.App.4th____ 2:08-cv-00220-FCD-KJM (2nd Dist April 16, 2008) | |
April 2008: Superior Court Rules No Global Warming Analysis Required by CEQA, but Finds EIR Inadequately Addressed Water Supply Highland Springs Conference and Training Center v. City of Banning 460967 (Riverside County Superior Court, Jan. 29, 2008) | |
August 2006: Sonoma County Superior Court Finds Rohnert Park Water Supply Assessment Inadequate under SB 610: Exhaustive Analysis of Groundwater Basin Required O.W.L. Foundation v. City of Rohnert Park 236309, unpub. op. (Sonoma County Superior Ct. May 31, 2006) | |
September 2005: California: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection | |
June 2005: Newhall County Water District Rescinds Last Year’s Resolution Rejecting Regional Water Supply Estimates | |
May 2005: Water Supply Assessment for the City of Rohnert Park Challenged O.W.L. Foundation v. City of Rohnert Park SCV-236309, filed Feb. 24, 2005 (Sonoma Co. Super. Ct.) |
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