WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration on Sept. 12 announced the publication of a final rule to repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule and revert federal pollution regulations to their pre-2015 versions. Read More
BOZEMAN, Mont. - A Montana Water Court judge on Sept. 9 reversed denial of an application by a ranch to add water tanks for its livestock, saying the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) misapprehended evidence, misinterpreted... Read More
DENVER - The Colorado Supreme Court on Sept. 9 affirmed that a plaintiff cannot sue over interference with water rights when no rights have been adjudicated under state law (The Luskin Daughters 1996 Trust, et al. v. Steve Young, et al., No. 18SA215,... Read More
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A group of business intervenors in a Sept. 6 brief ask a Georgia federal judge to reconsider his decision not to vacate the 2015 Clean Water Rule and to instead remand it to federal agencies for revamping (State of Georgia, et al. v.... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Diego County Water Authority's state court lawsuit against the Metropolitan Water District of California is about to get its fourth judge in nine years after the court on Sept. 6 sustained the authority's motion for a peremptory... Read More
BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Supreme Court on Sept. 5 affirmed in part and reversed in part a trial court's ruling on a Native American tribe's water rights in a water adjudication proceeding (In Re: Coeur d'Alene-Spokane River Basin Adjudication... Read More
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A California federal judge should look at all the evidence and reconsider his ruling that a Native American tribe lacks standing to assert water rights claims because the standing issue is an important legal question that the judge... Read More
DENVER - Oklahoma and five business associations on Aug. 6 told the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a federal judge erred by denying a preliminary injunction against the 2015 federal Clean Water Rule "in conflict with the decisions of other... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO - A California Indian tribe joined two commercial fishing groups July 31 in suing federal agencies over their finding in a recent study and biological opinion that future water withdrawals from the Klamath River will not jeopardize the recover... Read More
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The state of California on July 8 told a state coordination court judge that it should deny a request by three water districts for $291,803 in costs in the water curtailment proceedings, saying the agencies are not prevailing parties... Read More
DENVER - The Colorado Supreme Court on July 1 said the city and county of Denver is not prohibited by a 1940 water agreement from importing water from a different source it acquired after the agreement was signed (City & County of Denver v. Consolidated... Read More
LOS ANGELES - A California federal judge on June 20 said a determination by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that the proposed 43-mile Cadiz water pipeline fell within an 1875 railroad right of way and didn't require environmental review under... Read More
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - A California judge on June 6 issued peremptory writs of mandate ordering the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to set aside water curtailment orders issued during the state's historic drought in May and June 2015 to... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on June 3 asked the U.S. solicitor general for his view on whether the high court should review a river master's water credit determination in Texas' lawsuit against New Mexico (Texas v. New Mexico, No... Read More
GALVESTON, Texas - A Texas federal judge on May 28 became the first to grant summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging the Clean Water Rule: Definition of "Waters of the United States," 80 Fed. Reg. 37,054, June 29, 2015, finding that the federal... Read More