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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
href="http://caivn.org/article/2010/05/19/rules-california-water-wars-just-drastically-changed">http://caivn.org/article/2010/05/19/rules-california-water-wars-just-drastically-changed</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#658D3F;text-transform:uppercase'>Rules of the California water wars just
drastically changed</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>by <a href="http://caivn.org/users/bob-morris">Bob
Morris</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN>Wed, May 19th 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A recent
California Superior Court decision ruled that those who illegally divert water
from streams and rivers can be <a
href="http://www.weeklycalistogan.com/articles/2010/05/06/news/local/doc4be2287c17f65174301408.txt">sued</a>
because the consequent lack of water downstream, with its resultant problems,
constitutes a violation of the public trust.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Among
other things, this means governmental entities that are charged with
maintaining such resources can also be sued. Environmental groups have most
definitely taken note of this ruling and are planning actions.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“This
new Superior Court ruling on Monday says that anyone who diverts water must
provide enough flow for downstream fish and if they don’t they can be
sued by anyone,” said Chris Malan of the Livings Rivers Council in Napa.
He said there are at least 286 illegal water diversions in the Napa River
watershed and that many of them are by vineyards.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Apparently,
the applicable laws have barely been enforced, if not just completely ignored.
Such diversions of water can mean that downstream areas dry up during the summer,
killing fish and wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
court’s ruling grew out of a lawsuit against the City of Calistoga for
not operating a dam in compliance with state law because it did not let
sufficient water pass through a fishway. Calistoga claimed this was the responsibility
of a state regulatory agency, the State Water Resource Control Board (SWRCB),
not them. The judge disagreed and said the city could be sued, and thus set a
new precedent for the entire state.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Until
January of this year, the SWRCB had just one inspector for the entire state, a
classic example perhaps of how blocking enforcement of regulations is often
done by deliberate underfunding and understaffing of the agencies involved.
They now have 23 new agents, still probably not enough, but much better than
before.  Until the ruling, any such water enforcement could only be done
by SWRCB. Now they can be bypassed completely and lawsuits brought directly.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This of
course will have effect far outside of the Napa River area. The Scott and
Shatsa Rivers also can get dry in the summer, with severe effects on the
already precarious existence of salmon, notes <a
href="http://troutunderground.com/2010/05/13/new-california-court-ruling-opens-door-for-more-steelhead-salmon-habitat-protection/"><em><span
style='color:#658D3F'>The Trout Underground</span></em></a>, adding that Fish
and Game has gone from being comatose to Draconian, with the result that no one
quite knows what to do or expect.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Also,
another problem is that if diversion from streams is litigated and stopped,
then quite possibly some will simply drill wells and pump groundwater out, and
that this is also mostly unregulated. Shallow groundwater and surface water are
often linked hydrologically, so groundwater pumping could easily affect
downstream water flows.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
Calistoga trial starts next month. If the city loses, they could conceivably
have to pay millions to repair the alleged damage. But whatever the outcome,
the rules of the California water wars have changed dramatically.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For
continuing coverage of California water issues and the water wars, I recommend <a
href="http://aquafornia.com/%20">Aquafornia</a> and <a
href="http://aguanomics.com/">Aquanomics</a></span></b><b><span lang=EN>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
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