WESTERN WATER NEWS
Invasive Golden Mussels are found in Multiple California Reservoirs3
Nevada Boosts Private-Public Water Technology Innovation with $1.8M
Investment in WaterStart Program4
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Senate Bill 72 Modernizes the California Water Plan to Include Quantitative Performance Measurements6
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Releases Planning Tools for Water Systems to Address Cybersecurity Attacks8
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Releases Second Comprehensive Revision to State Wildlife Action Plan9
Managing the Subsurface: How the California Department of Water
Resources’ Draft Best Management Practices Plans to Address Land
Subsidence11
“Unprecedented” Yakima Basin Curtailment Shuts Off Most Surface Diversions—What It Means, How We Got Here, and What Comes Next13
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Penalties, Sanctions and EPA News16
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
The Columbia River System Salmon Recovery Litigation Treadmill
Restarts20
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Ninth Circuit Clarifies the Clean Water Act’s Irrigated Flows Exemption22
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. Nickels, 150 F.4th 1260 (9th Cir. 2025).
State:
Utah Supreme Court denies Utah-Colorado Water Pipeline23
Water Horse Resources, LLC v. Wilhelmsen, 2025 UT 43
