FEATURE ARTICLE
Does Every Drop Really Count? An Inconsistent Accounting of California’s Water Supply by David E. Cameron, Esq., Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento, California63
CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
California’s Ongoing Drought Ignites Controversy over Exportation from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta68
Environmental Groups and Water Agencies Dispute Use of ‘Unimpaired Flow’ Standard in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Water Quality Control
Plan70
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
California Department of Water Resources Adopts Emergency Regulations for Groundwater Basin Boundary Modifications72
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
California Senate Bill 758 Looks to the Skies For Answers, Authorizes Study of ‘Atmospheric Rivers’75
California Senate Bill 88 Adds Measurement and Reporting Requirements for 12,000 Water Diverters77
Governor Brown Approves Assembly Bill 142: Mokelumne River Wild and Scenic Study79
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Water Agencies Seek U.S. Supreme Court Review of Santa Ana Sucker Critical Habitat Designation81
Environmental Groups Sue U.S. Forest Service for Permitting Water Diversions under Expired Use Permit83
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Sixth Circuit Issues Nationwide Stay of Clean Water Rule86
In re U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Defense Final Rule: ‘Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States,’ ___F.3d___, Consolidated Case Nos. 15-3799/3822/3853/3887 (6th Cir. 2015).
District Court:
District Court Finds Bureau of Reclamation’s Management of the Central Valley Project Is Not ‘Agency Action’ under the APA88
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 1:15-cv-00912 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 20. 2015).
