ELR Citation: ELR 20099
No(s). A109438 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. May 31, 2006)

The court holds that the state water control board did not err in ordering a water company to obtain a permit to pump groundwater from two wells near the North Fork Gualala River. The board has permitting jurisdiction over "subterranean streams flowing through known and definite channels." The board made all the findings necessary to determine that it had jurisdiction over the groundwater at issue, and its findings were supported by substantial evidence. Nor did the board err in placing pumping limitations on the permit.