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Trump Admin Fights Farmers’ Multimillion-Dollar Water Claim

/in , , /by /E&E Newsby Jeremy P. Jacobs

The Trump administration is urging a federal court to reject a multimillion-dollar claim over water rights from California farmers, in the latest round of a politically sensitive and long-running lawsuit.

At issue is a decades-long case from major farmers claiming that the Bureau of Reclamation has failed to build a drainage system in the San Joaquin Valley’s Westlands Water District.

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Trump’s Water Jurisdiction Rule: What’s All the Fighting About?

/in , /by /Bloomberg Lawby Ellen Gilmer

The Trump administration’s long-anticipated water jurisdiction rule has already drawn a half-dozen legal challenges since its April release, with more on the way.

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