Private Water Law

Category: Municipalization

Dark Clouds Over California: The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014

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I am excited to release a new white paper regarding the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014, entitled Dark Clouds Over California. Please download the white paper and share with your colleagues. For your convenience, the executive summary is published below. Additionally, the…

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 Category: California, Climate change, Desalination, Government utilities, Municipalization, Mutual water companies, Public utilities regulation, Water companies, Water conservation, Water markets/transfers, Water rights    

Tap v. Bottled Water in the Private Sector

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We often see critics linking together private water companies and bottled water as jointly promoting “commodification” of the world’s water supplies. While the differences should be fairly obvious between investor-owned utilities and companies that provide design, construction, operations and maintenance…

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 Category: Bottled Water, Municipalization, Private v. public, Privatization, Public private partnerships