TWR #98

Secret Society – Shadow Government Alleged in CaliforniaSki Area Water Rights: U.S. Forest Service Taking?Las Vegas Water Rights Granted: Groundwater Exportation Allowed for Southern Nevada Water AuthorityColorado River Basin Water Supply & Demand Study: Resolving Water Supply & Demand ImbalancesSan Joaquin Recirculation of Recaptured Interim Flows: Reclamation Releases EA/FONSIAdaptation Strategies Guide for Water Utilities Released…

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TWR #97

Groundwater Rights & Regulation in Texas: Ownership and “Takings”Stream Adjudication in Oklahoma: Federal & State Litigation Heat UpWater Legislation in Kansas : “Use It or Lose It” – Abandonment and Multi-Year Groundwater Flex AccountsGAO Study on “Produced Water” Released (Oil and Gas Production)America’s Drinking Water Infrastructure Challenge: AWWA StudyInfrastructure Funding of $50 Million Announced by…

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TWR #96

Grand Canyon Mining: Uranium Mining BanTribal Water Rights: Quantification Sought in WashingtonDischarge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool: EPA Online ToolNuclear Power Water Right Change Applications Approved in UtahKlamath Dams Removal Reports Issued by Interior (includes Economics and Tribal Summary Technical Report)Climate Change Strategy – Draft Proposed by Obama AdministrationWater Reuse: Expanding the Nation’s Water…

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TWR #95

Exempt Well Decision in Washington: Stockwater Exemption UnlimitedStream Adjudication Authorization in Oklahoma: Sardis Lake Tribal Lawsuit Spurs State ActionTribal Instream Rights Held Valid in Klamath Adjudication (Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering)CAL/EPA 2010 Enforcement Report Released in CaliforniaFracking Pollution Causal Link Found in EPA Draft Report (Groundwater Contamination)“Taking” Decision in US Court of Federal Claims (Beneficial…

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TWR #94

Extreme Weather & Climate Change: New IPCC ReportNOAA Enforcement Draft Priorities Released (Public Comment Through January 9)Irrigation to Instream in Wyoming: Change to State-Owned Water Rights Sets PrecedentTribal Water Supply: White Mountain Apache Tribal Government Water Right SettlementWater Supply: Drought Response Initiatives in TexasToxics Reduction: Puget Sound Pollution Report Released by Ecology in WashingtonStormwater Regulations…

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TWR #93

Habitat Conservation & Farmland Conservation Reserves: USDA’s CRP ProgramPolluted Waters List: 303(d) List Submitted by CaliforniaNatural Gas Wastewater: Coalbed Methane & Shale Discharges – EPA Standards DevelopmentToxic Pollutants Standards & Fish Consumption Rate: EPA Approves Oregon’s CWA RevisionsColumbia River Instream Atlas: Washington’s Ecology Releases Draft ToolGroundwater Management Activities Survey in CaliforniaOregon Water Law Treatise on…

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TWR #92

Klamath Dam Removal: Removal Studies Released by Department of InteriorPharmaceuticals in Drinking Water: General Accountability Office Report ReleasedUranium Mine on Navajo Nation Land: EPA Cleanup Plan AnnouncedWater Utility Sale Proposed – Carlyle Group Purchase of Missoula’s Water CompanyCalifornia Water District’s Conservation Rebate ProgramsGulf Coast Restoration: EPA Ecosystem Strategy ReleasedDraft Columbia River Basin Long-Term Water Supply…

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TWR #91

Basin of Origin Claim Denied by Federal Judge: Reclamation Prevails Over Tehama-Colusa Canal AuthorityClean Water Act Program Assumption Handbook for States and Tribes Released by ASWM & ECOSLake Roosevelt Drawdown Upheld: Reclamation Project Approved by Ninth CircuitSouthwestern Willow Flycatcher Critical Habitat Set by US Fish & Wildlife ServiceSuction Dredge Mining Moratorium in California Extended to…

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TWR #90

ESA Experimental Population: ESA Fish Designation Proposed in WashingtonExempt Wells Decision & Land Use Ruling in Washington: Developers Misuse of ExemptionWater Reuse in the West: State Programs and Institutional Issues: Report by Western States Water CouncilPublic Trust Doctrine Adopted in Nevada: Decision on Navigable Waterways & Restraint on Land TransfersTribal Fish Accord Between Federal Agencies…

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TWR #89

Fully Appropriated: Nebraska Supreme Court Decision Impacts Surface & Groundwater RegulationLake Lanier Ruling in the Southeast: Reclamation Reservoir & “Water Supply” Purpose 11th Circuit DecisionCriminal Clean Water Act Violation: DARIGOLD Pleads GuiltyFracking – Diesel: EPA Regulations – Stakeholder Input SoughtEnforcement Report (2010) for State Water Resources Control Board of California ReleasedWater Banks & Groundwater Mitigation…

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