California’s drought regulators lose big case. What it means for state’s power to police water
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California’s drought regulators lose big case. What it means for state’s power to police water – The Sacramento Bee
With California in its third punishing year of a historic drought, an appeals court ruled Monday that the State Water Resources Control Board lacks the power to interfere with so-called “senior” water rights holders and curtail their diversions of water from rivers.