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The New Battleground—Water Rights and Data Center Development in the AI Era

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While much attention has focused on the electricity demands of AI-driven data centers, a quieter crisis is emerging around water consumption. Modern hyperscale data centers can consume between one and five million gallons of...more

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Client Alert: The Bureau of Land Management Directs Field Offices to Help Oil Industry Find New Uses for Produced Water

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is instructing employees in the field to help oil and gas companies find uses for oilfield wastewater beyond injecting it underground permanently. The new BLM policy is the latest step in a...more

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Retrofitting the Urban Landscape for Water Quality: Arkansas Water Resources Center Water Webinar/April 16th

The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) is holding an April 16th water webinar titled: Retrofitting the Urban Landscape for Water Quality, Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“Webinar”)....more

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Special Water Supply Edition: California Environmental Law & Policy Update 1.23.26

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California water right holders have until January 31, 2026 to electronically file their annual water use and diversion reports to the State Water Resources Control Board’s new California Water Accounting, Tracking, and...more

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Upcoming Reporting Deadline for California Water Right Holders to Submit Annual Use and Diversion Reports to New CalWATRS Database

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California water right holders have until January 31, 2026 to electronically file their annual water use and diversion reports to the State Water Resources Control Board’s new California Water Accounting, Tracking, and...more

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Army Corps Finalizes 2026 Nationwide Permits: Key Updates

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) has reissued and modified the Corps’ Nationwide Permits (NWPs), which authorize certain categories of work in Waters of the United States under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

A Charge to Everyone

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In Part 1 of this series, we broadly examined the background to the stormwater fees that many Pennsylvania property owners are being assessed. We also briefly evaluated the Borough of West Chester case, currently on appeal at...more

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104(b) Grant Program: Arkansas Water Resources Center Announces Request for Pre-Proposals

The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) issued an announcement stating that requests for pre-proposals for the 104(b) Grant Program are being solicited....more

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[Webinar] A Legislative Look at Legionnaires’: An Update on NY & NJ Legionella-Related Regulatory Requirements - January 22nd,...

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Join Goldberg Segalla partners Andrew Scholz and Karen Cullinane for an informative discussion regarding updated and new legionella-related monitoring & mitigation regulations for certain NJ & NY property owners....more

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Traditional Balancing Under Fish & Game Code Section 5937

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In a recent opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals resolved a longstanding disagreement about the balancing required under Section 5937 of the California Fish & Game Code (“Section 5937”)....more

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Mexico Approves New General Water Law and Amends National Water Law

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The Mexican Senate on Dec. 5, 2025, approved the General Water Law (Ley General de Aguas) and amendments to the National Water Law (Ley de Aguas Nacionales), marking a significant shift in the regulatory framework governing...more

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Regulatory and ESG Challenges in the Data Centre Sector: Building a Sustainable Future

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This is the fifth in a ten-part article series on the legal strategies shaping the future of data centre development in the UK....more

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Liquid assets: The mining and metals sector’s water challenge

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Scarcity of water is emerging as a defining constraint of the 21st century. As one of the most notoriously water-intensive activities, the mining and metals industry sits at the heart of this challenge. In the United...more

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Trámites ante CONAGUA en México

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En atención al proceso legislativo actualmente en curso en el Congreso de la Unión de México respecto a la Iniciativa de Ley General de Aguas (LGA) y, en particular, a las reformas propuestas a la Ley de Aguas Nacionales...more

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Africa Focus - Food and energy security

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This edition of Africa Focus explores the key dimensions underpinning the issues of food and energy security across Africa. The first article, “The European Deforestation Directive: Impact on food security in Africa”...more

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Percolating Groundwater Is Appurtenant to Land and Is Transferred With It (UPDATED)

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The Court of Appeal again confirmed that the rights to floodwater captured and stored in an aquifer beneath property were not personal property but rather appurtenant to the land and were transferred with the property during...more

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Cooling the Cloud/Water Utilities in a Data-Driven World: American Water Works Association Report

The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) issued a report titled: Cooling the Cloud: Water Utilities in a Data-Driven World (“Report”)....more

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New Water Legislation Creates Risks for Investments in Mexico

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On October 1, 2025, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum marked her administration's first anniversary by submitting a proposal to enact a new General Water Law (Ley General de Aguas) and to reform the existing National Water...more

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Going with the Flow: The Switch from eWRIMS to CalWATRS

On Oct. 7, the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) launched its new water reporting system, the California Water Accounting, Tracking, and Reporting System (CalWATRS). Earlier this year, SWRCB stopped...more

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Water Well Construction Committee/Arkansas Department of Agriculture September 10th Meeting Scheduled

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced the next Water Well Construction Committee (“Committee”) will meet on September 10th. The Committee will meet at 9:30 A.M. at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural...more

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Murky waters: Wading through Texas law and the future of produced water

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Texas produces more than just oil and gas. Every day, millions of gallons of produced water are generated as a byproduct of oil and gas production. Once viewed strictly as a waste product, produced water is now at the center...more

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2024 Arkansas Groundwater Protection and Management Report: Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Commission...

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Commission (“NRC”) has released the 2024 Groundwater Protection and Management Report (“Report”)...more

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Water recycling: Lessons from the Middle East

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Given the persistent water stress across the region, water recycling is emerging as a vital strategy. The Middle East's success shows how wastewater can be transformed from a liability into a valuable resource....more

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AI in water management: Balancing innovation and consumption

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Communities across the globe are facing water scarcity and water management issues which are intensified in many regions by the impacts of population growth, urbanization and climate change. Developments in artificial...more

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Executive Order: Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California

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Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order directs the secretary of commerce and secretary of the interior to resume previous Trump Administration efforts to redirect water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to...more

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