Course Description
Don't drown in complex water laws - get the tools to better understand current water rights issues.
The growing imbalance between available water supplies and demands for water in California has increased operating costs for businesses and residents, fomented litigation, and spurred legislative and administrative actions. This new era will challenge residential and commercial developers, municipal and agricultural water agencies and their customers, state and local officials, and the state's aquatic ecosystems. Prepare to face these challenges with an informative overview of California water law with a focus on recent developments and emerging trends. Learn about groundwater rights, conjunctive use, and local and state regulation of groundwater. Gain perspective on the physical and regulatory regimes affecting California's growing water transfer market. Gain insight into assuring and demonstrating water supply adequacy and reliability.
Stay on top of current developments and controversy involving California's Bay Delta Conservation Plan, the Endangered Species Act, the Public Trust Doctrine, and California's Area of Origin laws, and Climate Change. This information-filled one-day seminar will provide tools and insights to help attendees keep up with the fast paced currents in California water law. Register today.
Who should attend?
This seminar is designed for attorneys, presidents, vice
presidents, engineers, hydrology professionals, project managers,
environmental professionals, planning and zoning officials, government
and municipal administrators, public works directors, contractors and
subcontractors.
Benefits for You
- Know what to expect in the future of the water rights market
- Enhance your chances for success in handling any water rights challenge
- Don't get lost in jargon - become fluent in technical aspects of water rights
- Learn where the state is headed with respect to regulation of groundwater and other types of water rights
Agenda
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This seminar will be presented by Matthew L. Emrick, Elizabeth P. Ewens, Osha R. Meserve and Hanspeter Walter |
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration |
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9:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
Groundwater Rights - From Wild West to Regulation and Beyond |
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- Groundwater Rights: How They Are Acquired, How They Are Lost
- Storage and Banking
- Conjunctive Use
- Local Regulation of Groundwater
- State Regulation of Groundwater
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10:15 AM - 10:30 AM |
Break |
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10:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
Acquiring and Transferring Water Rights - Overview and Recent Developments |
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- Overview and Update on Surface Water Rights
- Common Law Water Transfers
- Statutory Transfers
- Temporary Urgency Changes
- SWP and CVP Facilities and Transfers
- Instream Transfers, Forbearance Agreements and Trusts
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11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
Lunch (On Your Own) |
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM |
Limitations on Water Rights |
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- Loss of Water Rights
- Inverse Condemnation
- Reasonable Use
- Public Trust and the Endangered Species Act
- AB2121
- Drought Regulation and Climate Change
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1:45 PM - 2:45 PM |
Protecting and Quantifying Water Rights and Supply |
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- Water Rights Reporting Requirements
- Demonstrating Water Rights and Water Supply Adequacy
- CEQA Requirements and Case Updates
- Water Supply Assessments
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2:45 PM - 3:00 PM |
Break |
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3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Hot Topics |
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- BDCP Tunnel Project: Water Rights Implications for Beneficiaries and Downstream Users
- Biological Opinion Litigation Updates
- Recent and Future Trends: Reasonable Use, Beneficial Use, ESA, Area of Origin
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