Mealey's (January 15, 2019, 8:33 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — The Second District California Court of Appeal on Dec. 20 affirmed a lower court ruling that groundwater in the state’s Mission water basin is a subterranean stream and is subject to the permitting authority of the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) (Carlsbad, et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Board, No. B283861, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 3, 2018 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 8628)....