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Water Rights & Supply

Water Rights and Water Supply

Water supply is an increasingly critical issue in California and can make or break a development project.

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- General Counsel, Oil and Gas Company

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We counsel and represent clients on issues related to:

  • Water rights
  • Riparian
  • Appropriative and overlying water rights
  • Unreasonable use and misuse of water
  • Entitlements
  • Water exchanges, transfer and sales (including representation before state and federal courts and the State Water Resources Control Board)
  • Water supply for:
  • Domestic, irrigation or industrial use
  • Wildlife and habitat mitigation
  • Proposed projects, including SB 221, SB 610 and other similar state and local rules and regulations regarding the availability of water supply
  • Permits for new water supply and storage, such as
  • Seawater and groundwater desalination
  • Aquifer storage and recovery
  • Transmission, storage, treatment and delivery facilities required to support such projects.
  • Water supply for:
  • Domestic, irrigation or industrial use
  • Wildlife and habitat mitigation
  • Proposed projects, including SB 221, SB 610 and other similar state and local rules and regulations regarding the availability of water supply
  • Permits for new water supply and storage, such as
  • Seawater and groundwater desalination
  • Aquifer storage and recovery
  • Transmission, storage, treatment and delivery facilities required to support such projects.
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