Effective January 1, 2012, California law imposes new requirements on mutual water companies that own and operate a public water system. Adopted as Assembly Bill 54 (Solorio), and codified at several places in the California Corporations, Government, and Health and Safety Codes, the new requirements are intended to improve the quality of water served by [...]
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New Legal Requirements for California Mutual Water Companies
Posted in Mutual water companies, Private v. public, Water companies on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Water Allocation Within California Mutual Water Companies: De Boni Corporation v. Del Norte Water Company
Posted in Mutual water companies, Water companies on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I have written several posts about mutual water companies in California and continue to see a lot of interest in the topic from readers. This post describes a recent court decision regarding the method of allocating water supplies within a mutual water company in Ventura County, in the case of De Boni Corporation v. Del Norte Water [...]
UK Government Releases Water Resources Reform Proposal: Water for Life
Posted in Climate change, Privatization, United Kingdom, Water companies, Water conservation, Water markets/transfers, Water rights on December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released a new reform proposal for water resources, entitled Water for Life. While we generally think of the UK as a relatively wet place, Defra identified a number of water challenges facing the nation, including over-abstraction from rivers and groundwater basins, point and diffuse source [...]
Water Transfers by California Mutual Water Companies
Posted in Mutual water companies, Private investment, Private v. public, Public utilities regulation, Water companies, Water markets/transfers, Water rights on September 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have been asked several times in the past few weeks whether California mutual water companies are authorized to transfer water to non-shareholders at a profit. It appears some activists have begun arguing that California Public Utilities Code § 2705 prohibits mutual water companies from making money on water transfers. This challenge is part of [...]
FAQs for California Mutual Water Companies
Posted in Mutual water companies, Public utilities regulation, Water companies on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have received many comments and questions on my earlier post about California Mutual Water Company Basics. In order to protect the privacy of questioners, I have responded to most individually rather than on this blog. In the belief that there may be value in providing answers to some of the most frequently asked questions [...]
