Water Rights Enforcement: Notices of Violation (NOVs)

Critically low flow conditions in the Scott & Shasta River watersheds are threatening crucial sources of water for Siskiyou County’s economic, ecological, and cultural needs. In response, the State Water Board has issued curtailment orders and has been investigating more than 40 related water right complaints for the past several months. The investigations are resulting in various enforcement actions, including Notices of Violation, which are regularly updated in the following table:

Additional Information

• NMFS letter to Shasta Water Association
• 2021 Scott River Notices of Unavailability
• 2020 Scott River Notices of Unavailability

  For questions about enforcement actions in the Scott River or Shasta River watersheds, please email DWR-SiskiyouEnforcement@waterboards.ca.gov.

State Water Resources Control Board (Board) staff are actively investigating surface water diversions throughout the Clear Lake watershed as part of an ongoing project seeking to protect the Clear Lake hitch. Board staff’s primary enforcement goal in this watershed is to encourage compliance with California’s surface water diversion rules and regulations. This includes a review of annual reports, verification of compliance with measurement and reporting requirements, and identification of reservoirs or diversions without a water right. Where necessary, the Board will take action to bring diverters into compliance. Notices and enforcement actions issued as part of this effort will be posted below. For additional information on the Clear Lake hitch project, please visit the project’s website.