FEATURE ARTICLE
There Will Be Water Flowing Underground: The New General Permit for Aquifer Storage and Recovery by Ryan S. Bezerra, Esq., Bartkiewicz, Kronick 3
CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
San Francisco to Vote on Potential Restoration of Hetch Hetchy Valley9
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Late Session CEQA Changes Shelved by California Legislature10
Governor Brown Signs into Law Legislation Creating a New ‘Right to
Water’11
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
San Joaquin River Restoration Project Final Program EIS/EIR Issued by the Bureau and DWR13
State Water Resources Control Board Proposes General Order for ASR Projects that Inject Drinking Water into Groundwater15
The State Water Resources Control Board Will Issue New Requirements
for Ocean Desalination Facilities through an Amendment to the Ocean
Plan17
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Orange County Lawsuits Allege Residential Delivery of Corrosive Water Caused Pinhole Leaks in Copper Pipes20
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Upholds Regulations Authorizing Incidental Take of Polar Bears and Pacific Walruses for Oil and Gas Exploration in Alaska22
Center for Biological Diversity v. Salazar, ___F.3d___, Case No. 10-35123 (9th Cir. Aug. 21, 2012).
Ninth Circuit Rejects Grand Canyon Trust’s Appeal Regarding the Bureau’s Annual Operating Plans for the Glen Canyon Dam24
Grand Canyon Trust v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, ___F.3d___, Case No. 11-16326 (9th Cir. Aug. 13,
2012).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Sixth District Rejects Sierra Club’s Challenge to Permit Creating Water Distribution System for Monterey Bay Ecoresort26
California American Water v. City of Seaside, Case No. H037286, unpub. dec. (6th Dist. Filed Aug. 15, 2012).
Superior Court:
Superior Court Strikes State Water Resources Control Board’s Northern California Instream Flow
Policy28
Living Rivers Council v. State Water Resources Control Board, Case No. RG10-543923 (Alameda Super Ct. Aug. 9, 2012).
