The proposed consent decree in the long-running dispute over rights in the 1938 Rio Grande Compact has been released.
Tag: litigation
An Arizona court denied a motion to stay filed by Rio Verde Foothills, allowing the nearby City of Scottsdale to continue its water shutoff to the unincorporated development. There are other...
Even with above-average snowpack in parts of the southwest, some upper basin states in the Colorado River system are gearing up for a fight over supply.
Navajo Nation water disputes placed on US Supreme Court Docket
Two water cases involving the Navajo Nation's water right claims have been placed on the U.S. Supreme Court docket.
Litigation watch: Water rights on federal lands case gears up
The United States has sued the State of Idaho over the state's forfeiture procedures for water rights on public lands.
Several irrigation districts and others having pre-1914 senior water rights have sued the State of California over water shut-offs and denial of due process. Historic water rights were cut last month...