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Complaint
September 7, 2010: Public Trust Lawsuit Filed
The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN),
the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA),
and AquAlliance
have filed a public trust lawsuit against the
California State Water Resources Control Board and Department of Water Resources
to protect Delta Public Trust Fisheries by enforcing state water laws
Click a link to download documents:
Media Release 9.7.10
Chronology: The Public Trust Doctrine, and Development and Decline of the Bay-Delta Estuary
California Constitution -- Article 10: Water
Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
Water Rights Decision 1641 -- Decision implementing flow objectives for the Bay-Delta Estuary, approving a petition to change
points of diversion of the Central Valley project and the state water project
For more information on the lawsuit, visit the C-WIN Press Room:
PRESS COVERAGE
AquAlliance among groups suing state water agencies, by Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record, 9.8.10
Latest Delta lawsuit could pack a wallop, by Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Contra Costa Times, 9.7.10
AquAlliance Files Lawsuit, by Linda Watkins-Bennett, KHSL-TV, 9.8.10
July 1, 2010: Federal Water Transfers Challenged in Court
AquAlliance,
the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA),
and the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN)
have filed a lawsuit against the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau)
to protect the economy and the environment of the northern Sacramento Valley.
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