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The California Water Commission Act of 1913 was the first attempt by the legislature of the state of California to address water rights in a comprehensive manner. The Act was necessitated by the complicated landscape of competing water rights doctrines, demands for reclamation and irrigation, and tension between large landowners and smaller farmers all in the context of California's unique ...
Image of Mono Lake from space, 1985 Lakeside of Mono Lake 1999. National Audubon Society v. Superior Court (Supreme Court of California, 1983, 33 Cal.3d 419) was a key case in California highlighting the conflict between the public trust doctrine and appropriative water rights. [1]
While the comparative lack of water was a central factor, since the 1980s academics have begun to highlight economic, social, and cultural forces that shaped Californian water law in the 1850s as well. [1] Water law's concept of prior appropriation was developed and refined over the course of the 15 year Gold Rush due to these factors. [1]
Friedman and other supporters of the measure have stressed that because more than 90% of California’s original wetlands have already been drained and destroyed, strong protections for those that ...
The department was created in 1956 by Governor Goodwin Knight following severe flooding across Northern California in 1955, where they combined the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Public Works with the State Engineer's Office, the Water Project Authority, and the State Water Resources Board. [1]
The Commission would also like to encourage stakeholders in California’s water future to brief the Commission on critical water issues that relate to adapting California’s water system to a ...
The San Joaquin Valley for example hosts one third of California's failing water systems, [21] and supplies water to one third of the state's residents with high poverty rates. [22] Federally recognized Tribal water systems included in the SWRCB' SAFER Drinking Program face data insufficiency for at-risk water system assessment. [23]
The prospect has led to pressure from the federal government on water agencies in California and the six other basin states to drastically cut back on water use. So far, however, no agreements on ...