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25 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 27 (2021-2022)
Protecting the Public Trust: How an Ancient Environmental Doctrine and Modern Legislation Can Save California's Groundwater

handle is hein.journals/udenwr25 and id is 37 raw text is: PROTECTING THE PUBLIC TRUST: HOW AN ANCIENT ENVIRONMENTAL DOCTRINE AND MODERN LEGISLATION CAN SAVE CALIFORNIA'S GROUNDWATER DEREK KLIEWER' I. Introduction.......................................................................................... 28 II. Historical Applications of the Public Trust Doctrine ..........................33 A. Ancient Roman Roots....................................................................34 B. The English Attempt at Clarifying the Public Trust Doctrine......35 C. The American Approach: Police Power Awarded to the States.. 36 1. fljmos Centra/ The Lodestar of the Doctrine in the United States..........................................................................................36 2. Illinois Centrals Legacy: Confusion and Expansion ...............39 D. The Public Trust Doctrine, Groundwater, and Water Rights in C alifornia..................................................................................... 42 1. California's Correlative Water Rights Framework...................43 2. The Impact of National Audubon............................................45 III. SGMA & the Scott River Case: The Current State of Groundwater Management in California................................................................47 A. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: A Bill of Historic Nature ...............................................................................47 B. The Scott River Case: A Small River with Big Implications.........49 IV. A Solution or a Pipe Dream? What the Scott River Case Means for The Public Trust Doctrine and Groundwater..........................................54 A. The Applicability of Groundwater Within the Public Trust Doctrine......................................54 B. Obstacles to Expansion of the Doctrine........................................57 C. Lim itations of the Scott River Case ...............................................59 V. The Dire Consequences of Not Applying the Public Trust Doctrine to Groundwater............................................................................... 61 A. Wells Running Dry ........................................................................62 B. Contaminated Water .....................................................................63 VI. Conclusion.......................................................................................... 64 27

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