Environmental & Energy
Jan. 21, 2016
AB 1390 & SB 226: More groundwater
Last October, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law two bills designed to make groundwater disputes easier and faster to resolve in court.
David M. Metres
Principal
Beveridge & Diamond
333 Bush St Ste 1500
San Francisco , CA 94104
Phone: (415) 262-4000
Email: dmetres@bdlaw.com
David practices in all major areas of environmental litigation and compliance counseling, focusing on Superfund investigation and remediation, endangered species and natural resources policy and permitting, and water quality and supply for both surface water and groundwater.
Last October, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law two bills designed to make groundwater disputes easier and faster to resolve in court.
Companion bills Assembly B 1390 and Senate Bill 226 are intended to streamline California's onerous groundwater adjudication process that can drag on for decades. These courtroom adjudications comprehensively establish groundwater right allocations for all users in a covered groundwater basin.
There are at least 20 adjudicated groundwater basins...
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