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Thursday’s top of scroll: Judge rules drought water transfers required environmental review

Posted by: Maven on March 18, 2010 at 7:34 am

From the Chico Enterprise-Record:

“Water transfers last year under the state Drought Water Bank should have been reviewed under the California Environmental Quality Act, an Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled Monday.

The Butte Environmental Council sees the legal victory as a way for cumulative impacts of water transfers to be looked at more closely. BEC has long argued that water transfers should be looked at as a whole, rather than as isolated deals between water-rights holders and buyers. Another focus by BEC and other groups is the effects of groundwater pumping when surface water is sold.

The lawsuit against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Department of Water Resources was filed by BEC, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and the California Water Impact Network.

Before the lawsuit, the governor issued an emergency drought proclamation in February 2009 to move ahead with Drought Water Bank water transfers without CEQA review, a press release from BEC stated. … “

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March 18, 2010 · Filed Under Transfers

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