CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Study Reveals Colorado River Basin Groundwater Levels Dropping Faster than Surface Water211
Land Conservation and Water Rights Restoration for the Yurok Tribe212
Abandoned Vessels are Removed from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by the State Lands Commission213
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Announces its Intent to Update 2024 Effluent Limitations Guidelines for Steam Electric Power Generation215
Kaweah Revises Groundwater Management Plans to Avoid State Water Board Enforcement216
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Fifth District Court of Appeal Receives Briefing on State Water Board’s Authority to Impose Intervention Fees under SGMA218
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
U.S. Supreme Court:
Recalibrating NEPA Compliance: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Clarification on the Purpose and Scope of Environmental Review220
Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, ___U.S.___, Case No. (May 29, 2025).
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Remands EPA’s Refusal to Update Industrial Effluent Guidelines under the Clean Water Act222
Waterkeeper Alliance, et al. v. US EPA, et al., ___F.4th___, Case No. 23-636 (9th Cir. June 18, 2025).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Court of Appeal:
First District Court finds Combined Wastewater and Stormwater System Is a ‘Sewer’ For Purposes of Proposition 218225
Gluck v. City and County of San Francisco, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. A170087 (1st Dist. May 30, 2025).
Floodwater as Personal Property? Fifth District Court Clarifies Groundwater Classification227
Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC, et al. v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC, 109 Cal.App.5th 766 (5th Dist. 2025).
