With no immediate end to California’s millennial drought in sight, regulators and legislators continued steps this month aimed at managing the limited water supply.
The continued restrictions and resulting headlines and legal battles are just the latest reminders of the importance of ongoing work on a long-term plan for fixing California’s aging water infrastructure and creating a more secure water supply for the state.
On June 12, the State Water Resources Control Board informed senior water rights holders (1903–1914) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin watersheds and the Delta that water diversions must stop. Some limited exceptions (including hydroelectric generation) were allowed. The board clarified on June 16 that anyone intending to continue water diversions with a riparian right claim should submit a form stating the intention to exercise the riparian claim…
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