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Litigation

Jan. 24, 2017

Complaint could test recent state groundwater law

A new lawsuitfiled last week could be the first to test a 2014 state law governing groundwater in California.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — A new lawsuit filed last week could be the first to test a 2014 state law governing groundwater in California.

The Sacramento County Superior Court case centers on the interplay of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and a far older state law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Sloughhouse Resource Conservation Distric...

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