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Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation

Sep. 3, 2021

Irrigation districts say water board exceeded its authority

The Banta-Carbona Irrigation District and two others said the California State Water Resources Control Board deprived them of due process in a petition filed Wednesday.

Three irrigation districts sued the state to block cuts to water allocations amid California's latest drought.

In a petition filed Wednesday in Sacramento County Superior Court, the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District and two others said the California State Water Resources Control Board exceeded its authority and deprived the districts of due process. Each district includes thousands of acres of farmland covered in expensive "permanent crops...

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