The flip side of advocating to protect water in rivers is to ensure that decisions to allocate water out of stream are made responsibly and with full protection for environmental values.  CELP monitors water rights decisions, water policy development, and other decisions and activities that threaten water resources.  CELP promotes the development and use of tools for good water management, including measuring water use, implementation of water conservation, use of reclaimed water, monitoring trends and conditions in surface and ground water resources, and limits on the use of “exempt” wells.  CELP works to protect water quality, especially where there are quality-quantity links. From time to time CELP appeals water right decisions that do not comport with principles of environmental protection.