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A Perpetual Experiment To Restore And Manage Silicon Valley's Guadalupe River, Richard Roos-Collins

Golden Gate University Law Review

This Article emphasizes how the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD), the Guadalupe-Coyote Resource Conservation District (GCRCD) (as the plaintiff in the several complaints), and other parties developed a joint scientific record as the basis for their negotiations, and how the resulting settlements use adaptive management to assure cost-effective restoration in the face of continuing uncertainty about the impacts of SCVWD's water supply and flood protection facilities. Section I addresses the settlement of a water rights complaint brought against the SCVWD to modify the operation of its water supply system in the upper reach of the river. Section II explores …