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The State of California Water in 2025

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Stakeholders should stay informed as state and federal officials advance plans and policies for water conservation, water quality, and climate resilience in California....more

Nossaman LLP

The Making Conservation a California Way of Life Framework – What It Is and What It Means

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In 2024, after years of deliberation, California water officials adopted landmark rules that will guide future water use and conservation in the state. The “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” framework went into...more

Allen Matkins

From Waves to Wells Seawater Desalination and Coastal Groundwater Basins

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Traditional sources of freshwater are dwindling as a result of increased demand, reduced natural replenishment, volatile weather patterns, and extended-duration droughts. Desalination, the industrial-scale removal of salt...more

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How Construction Attorneys Can Help Entities Benefit From California’s Newly Adopted Potable Water Regulations

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Like much of the western and southwestern U.S., California has experienced drought conditions on and off for decades. Fortunately, the regulatory landscape is starting to catch up with water treatment technology, paving the...more

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Resource Optimization and Endangered Species Management

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On December 21, 2023, I published a post on the Center for California Water Resources Policy and Management’s DeltaCurrents blog discussing integration of resource optimization into endangered species policy to improve...more

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Will the 30 x 30 Initiative Protect 30% of Freshwaters by 2030?

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A global movement is underway to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. More than seventy countries support this goal to combat climate change and slow the pace of species extinction, both of which are...more

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Arizona Natural Resources, Environment & Water Legislation Transmitted to the Governor

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The Arizona’s First Regular Session of the 55th Legislature has been moving along at a pretty fast and steady pace. A total of 40 bills have already been sent to the Governor’s desk; and 32 of those have been signed into law...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

DWR Releases Draft Guidebook for 2020 Urban Water Management Plans

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Stakeholders Have Until Sept. 21 to Review and Comment - The California Department of Water Resources released its long-awaited draft Guidebook for 2020 Urban Water Management Plans last week. The Guidebook is designed to...more

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Land & Water Conservation Fund Update

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A year ago, we blogged about the Senate-proposed Natural Resources Management Act (NRMA) which sought to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The proposed NRMA was developed largely due to the...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - April 2016 #2

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Environmental and Policy Focus - Federal and state officials sign Klamath River dam removal deal - San Jose Mercury News - Apr 7 - The governors of California and Oregon and several other state, federal, power,...more

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