Friends of Eel River sues Humboldt County over groundwater pumping in lower Eel River
A local environmental group is suing the county in order to get it to better regulate groundwater in the lower Eel River. Friends of the Eel River filed a civil suit against Humboldt County on Thursday in Humboldt County Superior Court “to secure protection for the public trust values at risk when groundwater pumping depletes surface flows in the Lower Eel River,” according to a release from the group. … Friends of the Eel River sent the county a letter in mid-August threatening legal action if it failed to take the public trust doctrine into account when deciding how to allocate water from the Eel River.
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