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Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court Ruling and Upholds the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Biological Opinion for Central Valley Project operations in California’s Central Valley.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued its decision in San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Locke. The decision reverses and remands a previous district court decision that found NMFS' 2009 biological opinion (BiOp) concerning the Central Valley...
Table of Deadlines Applicable to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Deadlines
DEADLINES APPLICABLE TO THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT* Deadline [Beginning] Milestone [Responsible Party] Comment [Code Section] January 31, 2015 Categorize and prioritize basins as high, medium, low, or very Low. [Department of Water Resources (DWR)] The...
California Enacts Legislation to Regulate Groundwater.
On September 16, 2014, following three years of drought and increasing inability to deliver water to Central Valley farms and business, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1739, SB 1168, and SB 1319. Collectively these bills constitute California’s Sustainable Groundwater...