Press release from AquAlliance: AquAlliance, Central Delta Water Agency, and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (plaintiffs) filed a lawsuit challenging...
The water board said a 2018 plan hasn’t yet been implemented, meaning the issue isn’t ripe for a court to decide. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service The federal government argued Friday before a Ninth Circuit panel that seven years...
The case involved the state’s Central Valley Project, which delivers water to over 250 contractors, mostly for agriculture. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service Utilities and cities across California secured a victory Thursday in a water dispute that hinged on...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water One of several “causes of action” was cut out of the ongoing Kern River case in a ruling issued Jan. 22 by Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp. Plaintiffs Bring Back the Kern and...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The United States Supreme Court officially declined to hear a case alleging the federal government illegally stiffed water contractors, including the City of Fresno, when it gave them zero water during the crushing 2014-2015 drought....
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The long, circuitous path of a lawsuit against the federal government for cutting off water during the crushing 2014 drought to farms and cities that rely on supplies from the Friant-Kern and Madera canals could...
