California Water Law & Policy Reporter

CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS

New Technical Study Assesses Costs and Practical Considerations in Moving Water from the Mississippi to Fuel the Colorado River Basin59

New Groundwater Sustainability Agencies Formed to Manage Kern Subbasin, Increase Local Control of Groundwater Management60

REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

U.S. Department of the Interior Announces $210 Million for Drought

Resilience Projects in the West62

California State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Water Conservation Standards for Urban Suppliers63

California State Water Resources Control Board Temporarily Suspends Some Curtailments in Delta Watershed65

California Water Storage Investment Program Updates66

LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING

U.S. Supreme Court to Address Colorado River Water Rights for the Navajo Nation68

Hoopa Valley Tribe Brings Lawsuit Against Federal Government Seeking $340 Million In Unpaid Habitat Restoration Payments from Water Contractors70

California’s PFAS Lawsuit Casts a Wide Net71

RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS

Circuit Court of Appeals:

D.C. Circuit Issues Extraordinary Writ Relief Commanding EPA to Comply with Endangered Species Act73

In re: Center for Biological Diversity, ___F.4th___, Case No. 21-1270 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 22, 2022).

RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

Court of Appeal:

First District Court, Applying Severability Doctrine, Finds Challenge to Use-Fee Portion of Sewer Charge, and Not Capacities Fee Portion, Doesn’t Create the Same Statute of Limitations76

Raja Development Co., Inc. v. Napa Sanitary District, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. A162256 (1st Dist. Nov. 8, 2022).