FEATURE ARTICLE
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CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Butte County and Local Water Suppliers Consider Project to Send Water from Paradise to Chico in the Wake of the Camp Fire Disaster8
Proposed Lower Basin Priority Raises Questions, Options for Groundwater Management in the Owens Valley9
City Proposes Use of Recycled Water for Golf Course Irrigation to Make Groundwater Available for New Development in Adjudicated Basin11
Illegal Marijuana Cultivation in California Impacts Watersheds, Rivers, and Wildlife12
Report Addresses Global Warming and the Endangerment of Pacific Salmon Populations14
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
New California Law Provides New Notice Requirements for PFAS Chemicals in the State’s Drinking Water16
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Trump Administration Issues Three Final Rules Which Substantially Revise Regulations Implementing the Federal Endangered Species Act19
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Fishing Groups and Tribes Challenge Biological Opinion on Klamath Project Operations23
Delta Counties Sue California Department of Water Resources for New Delta Conveyance Drilling Activity24
Marina Coast Water District Continues Litigation Designed to Thwart California American’s Proposed Water Desalination Project26
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Fourth Circuit Vacates Second Incidental Take Permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline28
Defenders of Wildlife v. Wildlife Services, ___F.3d___, Case No. 18-2090 (4th Cir. July 26, 2019).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Sixth District Court Affirms County’s Approval of Subdivision Identified in Recirculated EIR with Cumulative Groundwater Impacts30
Highway 68 Coalition v. County of Monterey, unpub., Case No. H045253, (6th Dist. July 26, 2019).
