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23 Hastings W.-Nw. J. Envt'l L. & Pol'y 57 (2017)
Conjunctive Use on the Yuba: Lessons from Drought Management in the Yuba Watershed

handle is hein.journals/haswnw23 and id is 70 raw text is: Conjunctive Use on the Yuba: Lessons from Drought Management in the Yuba Watershed* John Ugai** * This publication was developed with partial support from Assistance Agreement No.83586701 awarded by the US Environmental Protection Agency to the Public Policy Institute of California. It has not been formally reviewed by EPA. The views expressed in this document are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the agency. EPA does not endorse any products or commercial services mentioned in this publication. ** Stanford Law School, J.D. expected June 2017. Special thanks to the stakeholders who volunteered time to share their thoughts with me and to Leon Szeptycki, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Molly Melius, Ellen Hanak, Ted Grantham, Caitlin Chappelle, Elizabeth Vissers, and Philip Womble for their feedback and support. Introduction The story of the Yuba River Watershed's (Yuba Watershed) drought management began long before the drought took the state's water hostage. Instead, it began with nearly twenty years of conflict and litigation surrounding instream flow requirements in the Yuba River. That conflict eventually led to negotiation, which in turn produced the Lower Yuba River Accord (Accord). The Accord was the product of three years of negotiations between a diverse group of 18 agencies and nongovernmental organizations, culminating in a comprehensive river management plan that the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) adopted in 2008. In addition to prescribing different flow schedules based on water availability, the Accord also established water transfers to users outside Yuba County and a groundwater substitution program. During the drought, the Accord played a critical role in facilitating cooperation between stakeholders and effective drought response. California's most recent drought gave the Accord its first major test. In response to a severely dry 2013, the Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA) took several actions. Its most significant was filing a Temporary Urgency Change 57

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