Water Rights & Resources

Publications

Press & Media

07-Dec-2011 Court Supports San Diego Water Transfer
David Osias in San Diego Union-Tribune
20-Jul-2011 Jeffrey Chine, Ray Gliner and David Osias named among Top Attorneys 2011
Jeffrey A. Chine, Ray B. Gliner, David L. Osias in The Daily Transcript

Article

01-Jan-2012 Third District Reverses Superior Court - Declares Quantification Settlement Agreement Constitutional
By Mark J. Hattam and Jan S. Driscoll in California Water Law & Policy
01-Jan-2012 Santa Margarita Water District Issues Draft EIR for the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project
By Jan S. Driscoll in California Water Law & Policy
01-Dec-2011 Imperial Irrigation District and San Diego County Water Authority File Petition with State Water Resources Control Board to Provide Substitute Mitigation for Certain Environmental Impacts to the Salton Sea Attributable to Their Water Transfer Project
By Jan S. Driscoll in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Oct-2011 Draft EIR/EIS for Salton Sea Species Conservation Habitat Project Issued by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the California Natural Resources Agency
By Jan S. Driscoll in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Aug-2011 Fourth District Upholds City's Certification of Addendum to EIR as Equivalent to Approval of Water Supply Assessment
By Kathryn D. Horning in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Aug-2011 California Implements Emergency Agricultural Water Measurement Regulations
By Mark J. Hattam and Jan S. Driscoll in Western Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Jun-2011 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Releases Report on Effects of Global Climate Change on Water Resources in Major Water River Basins
By Jan S. Driscoll and David L. Osias in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Feb-2011 Fourth District Holds Regional Water Quality Control Board Has No Duty to Revise Basin Plan during Triennial Review and May Base Water Quality Objectives on "Potential" Beneficial Uses
By Jan S. Driscoll and David L. Osias in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Jan-2011 California Public Utilities Commission Approves Regional Water Supply Project for the Monterey Peninsula
By Jan S. Driscoll in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Nov-2010 Metropolitan Water District Disputes Imperial Irrigation District's Proposal to Use Imperial's Colorado River Entitlement Water for QSA Salton Sea Mitigation
By Jan S. Driscoll and David L. Osias in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Oct-2010 Vote on California's Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010 Postponed Until November 6, 2012
By Jan S. Driscoll and David L. Osias in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Aug-2010 Update on SWRCB Hearings That Could Affect Riparian and Pre-1914 Rights in the Delta
By Jan S. Driscoll and David L. Osias in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Aug-2010 Fourth District Holds Statutory Criteria for Water Supply Assessments Are Not Ambiguous – Proposed Open-Air Composting Facility is a "Project"
By Jan S. Driscoll and David L. Osias in California Water Law & Policy Reporter
01-Jul-2008 43 C.F.R. Part 417 Does Not Authorize Federal Agency Adjudication of IID Beneficial Use of Colorado River Water
By David L. Osias, co-author, in West Northwest Journal of Environmental Law & Policy

Legal Alert

25-Apr-2008 California Appellate Court removes intermediate hurdle to project approval with recent water supply ruling
Who is affected? CEQA Lead Agencies, including cities and counties; Water Suppliers and Wholesalers; and Project Applicants, including residential, commercial, retail, hotel, office and industrial developers if you are proposing to build a qualified development project in California.

Video

02-Jun-2011 Water Supply & the Increasing Importance of Urban Water Management Plans in Development
13-Apr-2011 Navigating Wetlands with No Clear Direction