I am deeply honored to participate in this Symposium, the first held at Pacific/McGeorge. The phrase "The New Normal" is a truly appropate way of looking at where we are now in California Water.
Use it or lose it — that is the California way. Or is it? Many practicing California water law attorneys long assumed that forfeiture of a pre-1914 appropriative right could automatically occurred after five years of nonuse. However, a recent state appellate opinion puts this assumption in jeopardy.