A discrimination complaint filed by Native American tribes and environmental justice groups alleges that California State Water Resources Control Board has failed to protect water quality in the Bay-Delta. The EPA is investigating.
President Biden s administration has agreed to investigate how California manages its water after some Native American tribes and environmental groups complained the state s policies are “rooted in white supremacy.”
California's water is governed by a complex system based on seniority that does not recognize Native American tribes' historic uses of the state's rivers and streams.