New water accounting reveals why the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | March 28th, 2024

Notice of Entry of Order for Implementation of Preliminary Injunction – Case No. Bcv-22-103220-Gap, Bring Back the Kern et al v. City of Bakersfield et al

Superior Court of California, County of Kern | November 14th, 2023

Passage and Flow Considered Anew: Wild Salmon Restoration Via Hyrdo Relicensing

University of Montana | May 24th, 2016

Petition for Extension of Time to Perfect Conditional Water Rights Under the State Water Project Permits (SWP) 16478, 16479, 16481, and 16482 for Water Supply and Permits 16477 and 16480 for Hydropower Operations

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | January 21st, 2025

Click here for DWR press release and related correspondence.

Click here for DWR press release and related correspondence.

Piloting a Water Rights Information System for California

Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment (CLEE) | July 15th, 2021

California’s complex water management challenges are growing and intensifying. Systemic stressors like the more frequent and severe droughts and floods driven by climat

California’s complex water management challenges are growing and intensifying. Systemic stressors like the more frequent and severe droughts and floods driven by climate change are only making it harder to respond. Accordingly, California needs to dramatically improve the ability of local, regional, and State entities to make agile and effective water management decisions. We believe doing so will require enhanced understanding of our water resources and how they align with the needs of a range of agencies and stakeholders. Water rights data provide a crucial opportunity for advancing this understanding. We find that modernizing water rights data is feasible, affordable, and can increase transparency and clarity for better decision-making.

Piru Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan Final (Revised)

Fillmore and Piru Basins Groundwater Sustainability Agency | July 8th, 2024

Due to size, this file has been divided. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13

Due to size, this file has been divided. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13

Pleasant Valley Groundwater Sustainability Plan (Revised)

Pleasant Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency | July 9th, 2024

Due to size, this file has been divided. Part 1, Part 2

Due to size, this file has been divided. Part 1, Part 2

Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act Water Code Division 7 and Related Sections (As amended, including Statutes 2016)

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | March 30th, 2017

This pamphlet contains excerpts of the Porter-Cologne Act and other related Water Code sections. The State Water Resources Control Board publishes this collection as part

This pamphlet contains excerpts of the Porter-Cologne Act and other related Water Code sections. The State Water Resources Control Board publishes this collection as part of its public information program. This booklet is provided as a public service. Bracketed headings in Division 7 are not part of the code, but are editorial insertions for the benefit of the reader. While every effort is made to assure accuracy, persons should consult the official version of the California Code when making legal decisions. The California Legislative Counsel maintains the official code, which is accessible on the Internet at: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes.xhtml.

Preliminary hydrogeologic assessment near the boundary of the Antelope Valley and El Mirage Valley groundwater basins, California

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | July 19th, 2017

Public Trust Distrust

William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository | January 1st, 2001

This Comment reviews the theoretical underpinnings of the public trust, a doctrine originating in Roman common Jaw and now constitutionalized by many states, and explores

This Comment reviews the theoretical underpinnings of the public trust, a doctrine originating in Roman common Jaw and now constitutionalized by many states, and explores its contentious reception by green legal theorists. Since Professor Joseph Sax's revival of the doctrine as a vehicle for environmental legal advocacy in the early 1970s, it has been hatled by many ·as the most powerful tool available for protecting natural resource commons and attacked by others who argue that use of the property rights-based doctrine will rectify an ownership approach to natural resources and obstruct the development of more stewardship-oriented legal theories of natural resource management. Discussion focuses on the work of Professor Sax, representing the public trust advocates, and Professor Richard Lazarus, representing the green dissent. The Comment concludes that the green dissent may elide the theoretical growth of the modern constitutionalized version of the doctrine beyond its common Jaw roots.