TWR #56
2009 Drought Water Bank in California: CDWR Facilitates ExchangesClean Water Act: Largest Fine Ever in Stormwater Criminal Misdemeanor Action ($13 million)NMFS Biological Opinion on FEMA Flood Insurance Program: Puget Sound ESA Jeopardy FindingsWetlands Penalty Agreement in South Dakota: Illegal Fill Results in Clean Water Act ViolationsShoshone-Bannock Tribes Join Agreements in Columbia River Basin (Litigation Continues)CAFO…
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Republican River Litigation Expected by Kansas Attorney GeneralGeorgia Water Battle: Corps Authorization DecisionCalifornia Water Plan Workshops ScheduledStream Barriers: $600,000 in Grants Available Through “Open Rivers Initiative”Home Depot Settles Stormwater Case for $1.3 MillionNew Mexico Legislation Provides Flexibility to Purchase and Sever Water Rights from Land (Pecos Compact)Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List Comments SoughtCAFO Options Proposed…
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Klamath Hydroelectric Relicensing: Fish Passage and FERCMunicipal Water Rights: Retroactive Expansion LawsuitNationwide Section 404 Permits for the Clean Water Act: Corps of Engineers’ ProposalShipyard Superfund Site: Elliot Bay SeattleYakima USGS Groundwater StudyGroundwater and Surface Water Contamination – Settlement ReachedAllocation of Water: Congressional Budget Office ReportNew Regulations for Ballast Water OrderedWater Auction: Effluent Water Sale in…
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Wetlands Case: 9th Circuit Issues Post-Rapanos DecisionGolf Course Receives Conservation Fines in ArizonaAll-American Canal Lining Halted: 9th Circuit InjunctionTribal Water Quality: Program Case StudiesReclamation Contract Awarded for Removal of Savage Rapids DamCalifornia Drinking Water Standard: PerchlorateGroundwater Pollution Decision: Punitives ReducedWatershed Grants by EPAWetlands Initiative: New USDA Conservation Reserve ProgramMunicipal Wastewater Violations in Idaho – EPA…
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Groundwater Pollution: Manufacturers Liability Verdict in CaliforniaColorado River Program: “Intentionally Created Surplus”Wastewater Discharge Permits: Pollutant Trading Allowed for DischargeInternational Agreement with Canada: Transboundary CERCLA SettlementUmatilla Tribe Study for Walla Walla River Flow RestorationFederal CAFO Rules: Proposed NPDES Revisions by EPAGroundwater Augmentation: Conjunctive Use Decision by Colorado Supreme CourtAquifer Protection Permit: ADEQ & Phelps Dodge Consent…
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USGS Pesticides Report – Comprehensive Study Released Missouri River Operating Plan: Spring Pulse Delay Instream Flow Decision: Nonprofit Applications Upheld in Texas Condemnation Proposed: Municipal Water Rights in Washington CAFO Permits Deadline Extended Small Drinking Water Systems: EPA Releases Water Tools and Variances Instream Flows: Cooperative Efforts in Nebraska Provide Support
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Water Quality and Logging: California Water Agency Authority Upheld Orca Endangered Species Act Listing Challenged by Building Industry IDWR Aquifer Recharge Project in Idaho Awarded 2025 Grant Commissioner’s Water Conservation Award (Reclamation) to Idaho Irrigation District Pesticide Buffers Remain – US Supreme Court Denies Cert Perchlorate Contamination and Cleanup: EPA Protective Guidance Issued Instream Flow…
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Pesticide Use: 9th Circuit Upholds Buffers DecisionWind River Settlement and PenaltiesNOAA Hatchery Policy and Listing DeterminationsConservation Easements: Handbook ReleasedEPA Guidance: Compliance for DevelopmentSuperfund Lien: Past Cleanup CostsCWA Public Notice: General PermitsWatershed Protection: EPA WebcastKlamath Water Bank 2005CWA Penalty and Settlement: Oil Spill ResponseSafe Drinking Water: $277 Billion Investment Required
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Groundwater Rules Invalid: Deschutes MitigationSewage Settlement: $187 Million Consent DegreeDrought Relief: Reservoir Storage in New MexicoKlamath Water Bank: USGS ReportEPA & MTBE: Petitions Rejected
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Groundwater Contamination – Arizona Study of PG&E Plume ESA Permits – NOAA Online Guide Washington Drought Emergency Declared Leasing Water – Yakima Basin Drought Response Tribal Water Right Fund Created in New Mexico Groundwater Active Management Area Rejected in New Mexico Nez Perce Settlement – Idaho Conan the Riparian – Tribes Rally for Salmon US-Mexico…
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