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Voluntary Agreements to Manage the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Watershed Take the Next Step

On March 29, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) that outlines the terms for an 8-year program that would provide additional flows to and create habitat in the Sacramento-San...more

President Signs Sweeping Water Legislation to Address Nation’s Water Woes and to Aid Parched California

On Friday, President Obama signed S. 612, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act into law, a bipartisan bill authorizing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to execute water infrastructure projects. The...more

State Water Board Nixes Flawed “One Size Fits All” Conservation Mandates

On May 18, 2016, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted new emergency conservation regulations that repeal and replace its prior drought regulations. The new regulations, which are...more

Groundwater Management Reform in California: Brownstein Recommendations

The late professor Joseph Sax once wrote about California that “they don’t do groundwater,” referring to the absence of a statewide scheme for the permitting and regulation of groundwater. It is true that there is no...more

5/9/2014  /  Groundwater , Permits , Regulation

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Opens Door to the California Water Market

Californians have long recognized the need for water markets in solving the state’s frequent imbalances in supply and demand. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has consistently endeavored to knock down these barriers on behalf...more

4/30/2014  /  Utilities Sector , Water

California's Rainwater Recapture Act Lets State Residents Capture, Use Harvested Rainwater

Overview Californians may now legally capture and use rainwater harvested from rooftops. Departing from Western states' long-standing tradition of making it illegal to capture and use precipitation based on the prior...more

2/11/2013  /  Water
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