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Government,
Environmental & Energy

Sep. 26, 2018

Jury sides with public agencies in groundbreaking groundwater rights trial

Public water suppliers have prevailed against private landowners in what attorneys believe was the first jury trial over groundwater rights in California.

Public water suppliers have prevailed against private landowners in what attorneys believe was the first jury trial over groundwater rights in California.

After four weeks of testimony, Santa Clara County Superior Court jurors returned a defense verdict Monday in favor of Paso Robles, ruling the city in San Luis Obispo County and other municipal water agencies had years ago legally acquired rights to a groundwater basin a group of ...

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