Who Should be Allowed to Sell Water in California?
Who Should be Allowed to Sell Water in California?

Author: Ellen Hanak

Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1582130752

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Although significant water trading has occurred in California since the drought of the early 1990s, many localities have restricted water transfers because of the perceived harm to other users and the local economy. In Who Should Be Allowed to Sell Water in California? Third-Party Issues and the Water Market, Ellen Hanak examines water transfers in California, local resistance to them, and various approaches to resolving water disputes. Drawing on a new database of water transfers as well as interviews with state, county, and water district officials, the report calls for water management at the local level that balances the interests of other residents and the potential gains from transfers.

Irrigated Agriculture
Irrigated Agriculture

Author: California Environmental Protection Agency. Irrigated Agriculture Technical Advisory Committee

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13:

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Thirst for Growth
Thirst for Growth

Author: Robert Gottlieb

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2022-05-10

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 081654946X

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An overview of the key issues of public accountability and water policy innovation that confront urban and agricultural water agencies throughout the country--notably in California where the prospects for future water development have become especially problematic. Focusing on six agencies in the Southern California region, they offer a series of case studies analyzing the issues of water quality, including groundwater contamination and disinfection by-products; reallocation and transfer of existing supplies; and management programs based on pricing changes, the conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, and increased storage capacity aimed at greater efficiencies in stretching those existing supplies.