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Environmental & Energy

Dec. 16, 2022

Modernizing water law won’t be easy

If you like practicing in an area of law where you can go to a book and look up the answer, don’t become a water lawyer in California. Change in water, and perhaps in everything, rarely comes except in times of acute crisis. We are in such a period now and have been for over a decade.

Eric L. Garner

Partner
Best Best & Krieger LLP

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Modernizing water law won’t be easy
The San Joaquin River flows through California's Central Valley, June 12, 2015. New York Times News Service

In August, Gov. Gavin Newsom released California’s Water Supply Strategy: Adapting to a Hotter, Drier Future. The Proposals in the Governor’s Strategy generally cover five broad areas: 1) create storage space for up to 4 million acre-feet of water, allowing California to capitalize on big storms and store water for dry periods; 2) recycle and reuse at least 800,000 acre-feet of water per year by 2030, enabling better and safer use of wastewater currently discharged t...

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