Private Water Law
A blog about water resources and law
Category: Water rights
Water Markets for Texas
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has published an article on potential impacts to the Texas economy from water shortages, aptly named Water Scarcity a Potential Drain on the Texas Economy. Texas is experiencing record dry conditions, which is likely to combine with increasing water demands from…
Read MoreCalifornia SWRCB Warns of Water Rights Restrictions
Yesterday, the California State Water Resources Control Board issued a Notice of Surface Water Shortage for 2013 addressed to all “Diverters of Surface Water and Interested Persons.” In it, the SWRCB reported on the record dry and warm conditions facing…
Read MoreUS Supreme Court to Review Texas-Oklahoma Red River Water Dispute
In October 2011, I wrote in American Water Intelligence about the decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Tarrant Regional Water District v. Hermann. Last week the US Supreme Court granted certiorari and will hear the…
Read MoreAnnual Regulatory Filings for California Water Rights
My firm has compiled this helpful Water Rights Annual Filings Checklist 2012 to help California water rights holders remember the deadlines for various regulatory filings. The checklist covers all types of water rights, appropriative and riparian, to surface water and groundwater, as…
Read MoreUK Government Releases Water Resources Reform Proposal: Water for Life
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released a new reform proposal for water resources, entitled Water for Life. While we generally think of the UK as a relatively wet place, Defra identified a number of water…
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