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Under the Federal Clean Water Act and the state's pioneering Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act the State Water Board has regulatory authority for protecting the water quality of nearly 1,600,000 acres (6,500 km 2) of lakes, 1,300,000 acres (5,300 km 2) of bays and estuaries, 211,000 miles (340,000 km) of rivers and streams, and about ...
The dams had been built to prevent water from flowing on to the defendant's land, but the state said they were a public nuisance. In the National Audubon case, DWP argued that when the Water Board approved a permit, the water right became a vested right. The California Supreme Court held that the public trust is "an affirmation of the duty of ...
A water board is a regional or national organisation that has very different functions from one country to another. The functions range from flood control and water resources management at the regional or local level (the Netherlands, Germany), water charging and financing at the river basin level (France), bulk water supply (South Africa), regulation of pricing and service quality of drinking ...
SCITUATE – A councilman who negotiated a 10-year tax deal for the town with the Providence Water Supply Board approached the agency a year later, asking that it pay him $300,000 for a ...
MWDOC is a California special district governed by a seven-member Board of Directors [11] elected by the public for a four-year term. MWDOC's service area consists of seven divisions, and each director represents a specific division. MWDOC also appoints four representatives to the Metropolitan Board to advocate for Orange County's water interests.
Regional water authorities were also part of the Scottish water industry when three bodies covering the North, West and East of Scotland were created in 1996, to take over responsibilities for water supply and sewage treatment from the regional councils, but they only lasted until 2002, when they were replaced by the publicly owned Scottish Water.
The Metropolitan Water Board abstracted water from the River Thames; the River Lea; from springs and wells in the Lea valley, Kent, and in the southern district; from the Hanworth gravel beds; and from Hampstead and Highgate ponds. The daily and total volume of water supplied by the MWB in 1912–13 and 1920–21 was as follows: [4] [5] [6]
Magglio José Ordóñez Delgado (/ ɔːr ˈ d oʊ n j ɛ z /; born January 28, 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball right fielder.He played for the Chicago White Sox (1997–2004) and Detroit Tigers (2005–2011).