Delta Tunnel Hearings Begin in New YearThe State Water Resources Control Board issued a Notice that it’s Administrative Hearings Office has scheduled public hearings for the water rights…
NDWA Files CEQA Lawsuit and Water Rights Protest on DCPThe Agency entered into a tolling agreement with DWR to extend the deadline for filing a CEQA lawsuit for the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP…
Delta Organizations File Water Rights Protests and Injunction on DCPIn addition to the NDWA filing a water rights protest on the Delta Conveyance Project change in diversion point petition, a coalition of California…
Court Upholds Long-Term Water Rights ContractsIn a May 23, 2024 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the validity of long-term Central Valley Project water rights contracts in the…
Water Rights Enforcement DebatedDowny Brand attorney, Rebecca Smith, participated on a panel discussing the State Water Resources Control Board’s water rights enforcement authority…
Civil Rights Complaint Filed Over DeltaA coalition Tribes and Delta Environmental Justice Organizations filed a civils rights complaint and petition for rulemaking with the U.S…