Flow Requirements

<p>The California State Water Resources Control Board’s emergency orders during a drought, which set minimum water flow requirements for three tributaries of the Sacramento River, were not unreasonable or arbitrary, an appeals court in the state <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/waterdiversion.pdf">ruled</a></strong>. The orders were necessary to protect Chinook salmon and steelhead trout — two threatened fish species.</p>

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California State Water Resources Control Board’s emergency orders during a drought, which set minimum water flow requirements for three tributaries of the Sacramento River, were not unreasonable or arbitrary an appeals court in the state ruled . The orders were necessary to protect Chinook salmon and steelhead trout — two threatened fish species.

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