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CSPA Files Amended Lawsuit Against State Water Board
On 16 September 2015, attorneys for CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance filed an amended lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief invalidating the SWRCB’s pattern and practice policy of weakening water quality protection standards adopted pursuant to federal law and incorporated into water rights licenses and permits held by…
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CSPA, Coalition Win Major Lawsuit Against State Over Farm Pollution
On 10 August 2015, CSPA, the Otter Project, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water and an elderly woman who was deprived of drinking water because of agricultural pollution prevailed in an important lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and Central Coast Regional Water Quality…
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CSPA Protests State Board Approval of Sacramento Temperature Plan
On 6 August 2015, CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance filed a formal protest, petition for hearing and petition for reconsideration of the State Water Resources Control Boards approval of the Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan. The protest states that the weakening of temperature criteria during critical life stages of Chinook salmon does not serve the public…
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CSPA Sues State Water Board to Prevent Fish Extinctions
On 4 August 2015, The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) and AquAlliance, collectively “Petitioners,” filed a lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and a writ of mandate, under California Code of Civil Procedure, in Alameda County Superior Court. The lawsuit…
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CSPA Protests Water Board’s Serial Weakening of Delta Fish Protection Standards
On 3 August 2015, CSPA filed a protest, objection and petition for reconsideration of the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Board) issuance of a 3 July 2015 Order further weakening Bay-Delta water quality and flow standards protecting fish and wildlife between July and November. Over the last three years, the State Board has relaxed…
