This month we explore issues on the topics of whether New Mexico must limit farmers from pumping groundwater to ensure the availability of Rio Grande flows for Texas and Mexico, how the EPA may implement its Clean Power Plan, and a review of a case where plaintiffs sought damages based on claims that the San Jacinto River Authority’s release of water from Lake Conroe caused damage to their properties.
Author: Mike Gershon
Mike Gershon is Chairman of 18-lawyer Water Practice Group, Lloyd Gosselink, P.C. and is also General Counsel for the Texas Water Journal. He represents water utilities, groundwater conservation districts, municipalities, landowners, and various business interests. He advises and represents clients concerning water resource development, management and transactions, water rights, water quality, endangered species, service area disputes, rates, litigation, and board governance. Mike also provides strategic counsel concerning groundwater resource management and development, and negotiates and drafts wholesale and retail water supply agreements and groundwater leases and transfers.
Prior to law school, Mike worked as a litigation consultant and financial analyst. During law school, he served as a law clerk at the Environmental Protection Agency (Region VI), the Natural Resources Division of the Office of the Attorney General, and the Lower Colorado River Authority.
law+water: Mike Gershon and James Muela
This month we explore issues on the topics of whether an interstate groundwater resource can be subject to the federal judicial remedy of equitable apportionment, whether a property owner asserted a viable claim for violation of the equal protection clause when he asserted that the Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District treated him differently from other property owners, and the definition of “Waters of the United States,” and by association, the scope of the Clean Water Act.