FEATURE ARTICLE
City-Owned Utilities in Troubled Waters: Is Privatization the Answer? by Richard L. Wood, Jr., Esq., Fairfield, California3
CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Transgenic Fish Aquaculture May Be Coming to California as the FDA Explores Genetically Modified Salmon8
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Vote on California’s Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010 Postponed until November 6, 201210
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
State Water Resources Control Board Issues Delta Flow Criteria
Report13
Department of Water Resources Petitions SWRCB to Extend State Water Project Permits15
Delta Stewardship Council Adopts Interim Plan—Final Appointments to Council Are Confirmed17
Northern California Water Agencies and Counties Form Joint Powers Authority to Pursue Development of Sites Reservoir19
Los Angeles Regional Board Adopts TMDL for Bacteria Discharges to the Los Angeles River and Its Tributaries20
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Community Services District Sues Federal Government for Failure to Repair and Maintain Water Conduits and Deliver Water22
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Rejects Irrigation District Challenges to NMFS Listing of Central Valley Steelhead under Endangered Species Act24
Modesto Irrigation District et al. v. Gutierrez et al., ___F.3d___, Case No. 09-15214 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2010).
Ninth Circuit Refrains from Expanding Fish and Wildlife Service Authority under the ESA to Cover Privately Owned Wetlands26
Northern California River Watch, et al. v. Wilcox, et al., ___F.3d___, Case No. 08-15780 (9th Cir. 2010).
Ninth Circuit Finds Stormwater Runoff from Logging Roads that Is Collected and Discharged Is a Point Source under the Clean Water Act27
Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Brown, et al., ___F.3d___, Case No. 07-35266 (9th Cir. Aug. 17, 2010).
