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

BISMARCK, N.D. - A North Dakota federal judge on May 14 lifted his preliminary injunction against the Clean Water Rule in the state of Colorado after granting the state's motion to withdraw as a plaintiff (North Dakota, et al. v. United States Environmental... Read More

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - A California state court judge on May 9 issued proposed judgment and writs of mandamus ordering the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to set aside its water curtailment orders issued to five water districts in 2015 when... Read More

SALT LAKE CITY - Four Native Americans cannot intervene in a suit by the Ute Indian Tribe to enforce a tribal court's monetary judgment in a water rights dispute because they failed to show they have an interest in the action or that there are common... Read More

DENVER - The Colorado Supreme Court on April 29 reversed a lower court's ruling and said the postponement doctrine applied to the water rights dispute at hand because two different parties sought competing rights to the same source of water (Concerning... Read More

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A California federal judge on April 19 said a Native American tribe has standing to seek declaratory relief for pore space under its reservation, but said the tribe lacks standing to assert a claim for quantification of how much groundwater... Read More

TACOMA, Wash. - A Washington state appeals court on April 2 affirmed that the Washington Department of Ecology did not exceed its statutory authority in adopting the so-called Dungeness Rule or show that the department acted in an arbitrary or capricious... Read More

PHOENIX - The Arizona Supreme Court on March 28 ruled that the Arizona Corporation Commission does not have authority over a city's condemnation of a water company (Surprise v. Arizona Corporation Commission, et al., No. CV-18-0137-SA, Ariz. Sup.... Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California appeals court on March 28 said six water districts cannot use subvention to get the state government to pay for unfunded water mandates because the districts are able to recoup added costs by raising their water rates... Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California appeals court on March 20 said six water districts cannot use subvention to get the state government to pay for unfunded water mandates because the districts are able to recoup added costs by raising their water rates... Read More