100 years of California's water rights system: patterns, trends and uncertainty

Environmental Research Letters (IOP) | August 19th, 2014

Summary

For 100 years, California’s State Water Resources Control Board and its predecessors have been responsible for allocating available water supplies to beneficial uses,

A Guide to California Water Right Appropriations

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | January 1st, 2000

Summary

A guide to California's water right permit process written by the State Water Resources Control Board, dated January 2000. TABLE OF CONTENTS California Water Righ

A Practitioner’s Guide to Instream Flow Transactions in California

American Rivers | March 1st, 2016

Summary

The purpose of this guide is to help water right holders –and those assisting them – understand their options for keeping water instream in California. Th

A Research Guide to California Water Law

Loyola Law School | February 21st, 2017

Summary

California water law is a complex subject. It is governed by both state and federal law, and is part property law and part environmental law. This topic has important his

Addressing Institutional Vulnerabilities in California’s Drought Water Allocation, Part 1: Water Rights Administration and Oversight During Major Statewide Droughts, 1976–2016

California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) | August 30th, 2018

Summary

Climate change has already begun to affect California’s hydrology and water resources, and droughts are likely to become more frequent, longer, and more intense

Addressing Institutional Vulnerabilities in California’s Drought Water Allocation, Part 2: Improving Water Rights Administration and Oversight for Future Droughts

California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) | August 30th, 2018

Summary

 In California, droughts are likely to become more frequent, longer, and more intense in the future, posing increasing challenges for water management, and raising the s

Allocating California’s Water: Directions for Reform

Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | November 11th, 2015

Summary

California’s water allocation system hampers its ability to meet the state’s needs, especially in times of drought. At its heart is an unusually complex array of wate

Amoral Water Markets?

Georgetown University | June 15th, 2023

Summary

Severe water scarcity in the western United States is prompting legitimate questions about the best way to decide which places, people, industries, and species need it mo

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