Private Water Law
A blog about water resources and law
Category: Economics of water
TWDB Opens New Round of SWIFT Financing
The Texas Water Development Board has opened the application period for the next round of SWIFT financing. The application period started yesterday, December 1, 2015, and will remain open through February 5, 2016. The application webpage can be found here. In…
Read MoreThe California Water Market 2014
There has been no shortage of news articles on the California drought this year. Many have helped inform the public about critical issues related to the conservation and development of water resources in the state, and about changes or potential…
Read MoreWater Transfers and Sustainable Development
It is widely agreed that a growing population and economy, combined with current drought conditions and increasing understanding of long-term climate variability, create an urgent need to develop new water supplies in the US. This is especially true in Texas…
Read MoreNew Court Decision Addresses Protest Process for Multiple Water Customer Classes Under Proposition 218
The Fourth District Court of Appeal in California has released a decision regarding the procedural requirements of Proposition 218 as applied to water rates. The case is Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District, Case Nos. D060146 and D061087, and while the decision…
Read MoreWater Markets for Texas
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has published an article on potential impacts to the Texas economy from water shortages, aptly named Water Scarcity a Potential Drain on the Texas Economy. Texas is experiencing record dry conditions, which is likely to combine with increasing water demands from…
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