National Groundwater Awareness Week

The 20th annual National Groundwater Awareness Week will occur between March 10 – March 16, 2019, and this year’s theme for awareness is “Think.” Though a simple theme, through “Think,” the National Groundwater Association (“NGWA”) urges us to “think” about how we impact our groundwater resources in our everyday lives. For National Groundwater Awareness Week […]

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Have you heard of the Public Trust Doctrine? Are you curious how it applies to your water rights? This is a Hot Topic in Nevada right now.

According to Black’s Law Dictionary, the Public Trust Doctrine preserves submerged and submersible lands for public use and the state bears the responsibility of preserving and protecting the public’s right to use the water upon it. Can this doctrine have an impact on your water rights, and if so, how? The Nevada Supreme Court is

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Therese Ure Co-Chairs the 2019 USCID Conference – Reno, NV

The U.S. Society for Irrigation and Drainage Professionals (USCID) will be holding their 12th International Conference on Irrigation and Drainage in Reno, NV on November 5-8, 2018 and we are excited to announce that Therese Ure has been selected as Conference Co-Chair. The conference theme this year is Basin Water Management – Challenges in Water

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SGMA and Public Trust

Backdoor Conjunctive Management: How the Public Trust Doctrine Seeped into Aquifers in California

The Public Trust Doctrine is seeping to California’s aquifers, bringing something like conjunctive surface water and groundwater management to the state. Conjunctive management is a legal approach to managing surface water and groundwater as an interconnected resource. Often states separate the regulation of groundwater from surface water. Conjunctive management attempts to reconnect the regulation of

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Recent Oregon Administrative Rule Revisions Tailored to Small Municipal Water Suppliers

At the end of 2018, the Oregon Water Resources Commission adopted new rules to facilitate small municipal water suppliers’ completion of Water Management and Conservation Plans (“WMCP”). The Oregon Water Resources Department (“OWRD”) stated the new Oregon Administrative Rules (“OAR”), OAR 690-086-0300 to 0370, are intended to provide more flexibility for small municipal water suppliers

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Comment Period Extended for Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization

The Fallon Range Training Complex (“FRTC”) Modernization Draft Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) comment period has now been extended so that public comments may be submitted through Thursday, February 14, 2019. There are several public informational materials available to the general public regarding the modernization, materials can be found at the draft EIS website and include

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Who Owns An Aquifer?

Who Owns An Aquifer?

            Are aquifers public or private property? The question is more complicated than it first appears! To answer the question, one must dive down into the fundamental origins of our legal system, fraught with complicated Latin phrases, just like the dangers of the deep itself!             Aquifers are scientifically defined as a “body of permeable rock

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Water Law Bootcamp for Marion Soil & Water Conservation District

On Tuesday, November 6, Schroeder Law Offices traveled to Keizer, Oregon to teach a Water Law Bootcamp for 200 attendees, hosted by the Marion Soil & Water Conservation District. The Bootcamp was attended by small farmers, commercial farmers, homeowners with domestic wells, and more. Attorneys Laura Schroeder and Lindsay Thane were warmly welcomed by members

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Sun, Fun, and a Little Clowning Around at Oregon Ground Water Association’s Camp Out!

Schroeder Law Offices’ paralegal Tara Jackson spent a sunny weekend with fellow members of the Oregon Ground Water Association in August camping at beautiful Pelton Park for the Association’s annual Picnic/Camp out. The event is held by the Association every summer in appreciation of its members and provides a much needed respite for water professionals

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OGWRP is focus of Columbia Basin Development League Conference

The ongoing efforts to protect a central Washington aquifer and the economic interests jeopardized by its steady decline were the focus of the Columbia Basin Development League’s Conference and 54th Annual Meeting, which was held November 1 at Moses Lake. The CBDL, which identifies itself as a non-profit organization representing the interests of stakeholders of

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America’s Water Infrastructure Act Signed into Law

On October 23, 2018, President Trump signed America’s Water Infrastructure Act (“AWIA”), also known as the Water Resource Development Act, into law. This bipartisan bill, which previously passed the House of Representatives on September 13, 2018 and the Senate on October 10, 2018, aims to improve dams, levees, ports, and waterways throughout the United States.

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New Associate Attorney Jakob Wiley Defends Collective Aquifer Governance Agreements!

New Associate Attorney Jakob Wiley successfully completed his defense of Collective Aquifer Governance: It’s the Water and a “Hole” Lot More! on September 17, 2018, completing his Masters of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management. Jakob completed the Concurrent J.D./M.S. program between Oregon State University (“OSU”) and the University of Oregon School of law,

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Oregon Law Prohibiting Motorized Mining in Salmonid Habitat Is Not Preempted by Federal Law

In 2013, the Oregon legislature adopted Senate Bill 838, which imposed a five year moratorium on motorized mining techniques in rivers and streams designated as essential salmon habitat.[1] A group of mining companies, a mining district, and individual miners with mining claims on federal lands in Oregon who use motorized mining techniques called “suction dredge

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Incoming Attorney Attends California Rice Production Workshop

Incoming J.D. Paralegal (Attorney upon Bar passage) Jakob Wiley attended the University of California Cooperative Extension’s regular Rice Production Workshop held at Lundberg Family Farms in Richvale, California. The seminar was attended by farmers, local businesses, and water district personnel, providing a broad overview of rice production and the challenges faced by producers. Water in

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