FEATURE: Water rights 101 Maven Best of the Notebook June 3, 2020California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. The...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Do water rights have a future? Robert Shibatani Guest contributors December 23, 2019…Not as currently configured, says Robert Shibatani Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights Maven Best of the Notebook August 28, 2019California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. Adding...
LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future Maven Event coverage August 14, 2019Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Emerging legal issues in SGMA implementation Maven Best of the Notebook November 1, 2018Panel discusses water rights and pumping allocations, groundwater recharge as a beneficial use, public trust doctrine and groundwater, and the...
CA WATER COMMISSION: A primer on water rights permitting and change petitions Maven Meetings April 4, 2018Presentation covers applications for new water rights, fully appropriated streams, and change petitions At the March meeting of the California...
STATE WATER BOARD: Riparian and pre-1914 water rights in the Delta Maven Meetings March 20, 2018State Water Board staff use information gleaned from 2015 informational order to compile the first taxonomy of senior water rights...
GROUNDWATER RIGHTS PRIMER: What Agencies & Project Developers Need to Know Maven Best of the Notebook March 7, 2018A seminar at McGeorge School of Law takes a deep dive into groundwater rights and SGMA California depends on groundwater...
CA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Water Rights in an Era of “Permanent” Conservation Mandates: Are Reports of Their Death Greatly Exaggerated? Maven Event coverage June 14, 2017By complying with a state-directed water budget formula, will agencies be forced to strand their water rights or infrastructure investments?...
This just in … State Water Board Dismisses Enforcement Actions Against Byron-Bethany and The West Side Irrigation Districts Maven Breaking News June 7, 2016Board Action Sustains Authority to Enforce Water Rights System When Demand Exceeds Supply in Droughts From the State Water Resources...
Panel discussion: “Fixing” California’s water rights system Maven Best of the Notebook May 25, 2016Panel of prominent attorneys discusses how the state’s water rights system performed in the drought and what changes, if any,...
Justice Ronald B. Robie on California’s “New Normal” Maven Best of the Notebook February 2, 2016Justice Robie’s keynote address to law symposium focuses on California’s water rights system and the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater...
Legal panel: You Mean Just Having a Water Right Isn’t Good Enough? Maven Best of the Notebook January 28, 2016How the ESA, Streambed Alteration Agreements, and the Clean Water Act Are All Curtailing the Exercise of Water Rights Recent...
This just in … DWR and Reclamation submit joint petition for change in water right permits and licenses re: California Water Fix Maven Breaking News August 26, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: On August 26, 2015, the California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau...
This just in … Bryon Bethany Irrigation District pursues legal action to retain water rights for hundreds of local farmers, ranchers and families Maven Breaking News June 26, 2015From the Byron Bethany Irrigation District: The Byron-‐Bethany Irrigation District filed a lawsuit in Contra Costa County Superior Court today...
