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Interior Department Determines ‘Tier 2 Shortage Conditions’ on Colorado River Requiring Additional Water Delivery Cuts, Other Actions in 2023

By Christopher Thorne, Matthew K. Tieslau & Casey A. Shpall on August 31, 2022

Posted in Catastrophe Planning & Response, Climate Change, Colorado, Featured, Federal, GT Alert, Infrastructure, Latin America, Mexico, Natural Resources, Politics, Water

In light of the “worsening drought crises” and “critically low reservoir conditions” in the Western United States, on Aug. 16, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior (“Interior”) announced a…
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Massachusetts Water Rights Act in the Supreme Judicial Court

By David Mandelbaum on March 11, 2021

Posted in Court Cases, Featured, Massachusetts, Natural Resources, State & Local, Water

Massachusetts’ highest court decided a water rights case on March 11. Town of Concord v. Water Dep’t of Littleton, SJC-12947 (Mass. Mar. 11, 2021). These things don’t happen very…
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