Blog: Delta curtailments update – California State Water Resources Control Board’s emergency regulations are adopted; curtailment orders issued to 4,500 delta water users
As discussed in our July 28, 2021, Policy Alert, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) recently adopted the Draft Emergency Reporting and Curtailment Regulation (Regulation), to authorize curtailments of water diversions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta). The Regulation was approved by the Office of Administrative Law and became effective on August 19, 2021.
Related articles:
- Livermore Independent: State Water Resources Control Board Pauses Pumping From the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
- Water Foundation: Water rights conversation heats up
- The Independent: Zone 7 Water Agency Considers the Impact of the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Decision
- Buchalter: Curtailments Ordered in the Delta Watershed