Archive | February, 2014

Call for Review of the 2014 California Water Law Symposium

By Svend Holst on February 13, 2014 in Annoucement

As follow-up to the Symposium, The California Water Law Journal would like to offer attendees the opportunity to publish articles about the panels.

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Short-term Transfers and Unenforceable Underground Regulations

By Svend Holst on February 6, 2014 in Article

On January 17, 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. declared a drought state of emergency and directed agencies to take action, including expediting water transfers, stating that "Voluntary water transfers from one water right holder to another enables water to flow where it is needed most." Even if water will be available for transfer this year, short-term transfers may not occur in part because of added procedures that the Department of Water Resources is imposing on transfer proponents.

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