Topic
Groundwater
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California Water Views
DWR Releases Subsidence Best Management Practices
On January 21, 2026, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) published its Best Management Practices of the Sustainable Management of Groundwater – Land Subsidence (Subsidence BMPs). The press release…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Napoli Shkolnik Secures $39.7 Million Default Judgment for Hicksville Water District in Groundwater Contamination Case
Napoli Shkolnik is pleased to share that U.S. District Judge Honorable Pamela K. Chen has entered a default judgment in the amount of $39,721,710 in favor of the Hicksville Water…
MGKF Litigation Blog
District Court Upholds Public Water Supplier’s Tort Claims & Finds Expert Testimony Admissible in Groundwater Contamination Litigation
By MGKF
On July 9th, 2025, the Eastern District of New York ruled on a series of motions in Suffolk County Water Authority v. Dow Chemical Company, a case brought by the…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
NJDEP Heightens the Hurdle to Achieve Closure of Groundwater Remediation Cases
Effective February 3, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) adopted amendments to the Ground Water Quality Standards (GWQS), N.J.A.C. 7:9C. The amendments updated the groundwater quality criteria…
Schroeder Ag Law Blog
Re-Examining Indiana Water Law in Light of Today's Competing Demands
In some ways, Indiana is completely unlike Arizona or California when it comes to water. For most of the past 50 years, our focus has been water quality, not quantity.…
Land Use Law Blog
SWRCB Designates Tulare Lake Subbasin as Probationary Following 2023 DWR Announcement Deeming Six Basins to have Inadequate GSPs
By Glen C. Hansen, Simyllina Chen, Abbott & Kindermann, Inc.
In 2023 the California Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) deemed Groundwater Sustainability Plans (“GSPs”) for six groundwater basins inadequate, triggering state intervention. The six subbasins are: Chowchilla Subbasin, Delta-Mendota Subbasin,…
Land Use Law Blog
Fourth District Court of Appeal Holds the “Pay First, Litigate Later” Rule Applies to Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Fee Lawsuits, But Does Not Reach Significant Questions of Groundwater Usage by Overlying Landowners
By Abbott & Kindermann, Inc., Glen C. Hansen, Simyllina Chen
Mojave Pistachio, LLC v. Superior Court (2024) 99 Cal.App.5th 605. In Mojave Pistachio, LLC v. Superior Court (2024) 99 Cal.App.5th 605, the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that the “pay first, litigate…
inversecondemnation.com
Pay To Play? Cal SCT Asked If Challenger Must First Pay A Fee To Object To Zero Water Allocation As A Taking
This one takes a bit of sifting through, but if you do so, you will eventually savor the arguments. Try and follow this thread.In 2014, pistachio growers with what seemed…
S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law
A Robust and Diverse Water Portfolio Enables Arizona to Meet the Challenges Ahead
Over the past five weeks, we have described the wide range of water resources available to meet Arizona’s current and future needs. These resources include groundwater, in-state surface water, Colorado…
Construction Advisor Blog
Groundwater restrictions: The sky is not falling, and residential contractors can stay the course
By Publisher
Despite last week’s news that the state is pausing the approval of future Phoenix-area single-family development that over-relies on groundwater, don’t expect residential construction to dry up in your lifetime.…