Environmental & Energy,
Administrative/Regulatory
Nov. 1, 2019
California can learn from Arizona’s experience with groundwater regulation
Arizona enacted significant groundwater management legislation in 1980, and lessons can be learned by comparing and contrasting California’s circumstances with Arizona’s approach to addressing groundwater overdraft.
Sean T. Hood
Director
Fennemore Craig
Sean chairs the firm's largest practice group, business litigation. He has more than 15 years of experience as a water attorney advising and litigating on behalf of Fortune 500 companies and other businesses on a broad range of business disputes involving water rights.
California is by far the largest groundwater user in the nation, accounting for 21% of the country's groundwater use. Until recently, however, use of groundwater in California was largely unregulated. According the Public Policy Institute of California, an annual average of 2 million acre-feet is overdrafted in some agricultural areas. In fact, to date, 21 of the state's basins have been designated as "critically overdrafted." As a result, California lawmakers passed ...
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