Private Water Law
A blog about water resources and law
Category: Water markets/transfers
McKinsey Global Institute Report on Global Municipal Water Demands
The McKinsey Global Institute has published a new report entitled Urban world: Cities and the rise of the consuming class (2012) on increasing global urbanization and meeting the increased demands associated with urban consumption, including municipal water demands. The speed and…
Read MoreSenator Feinstein and Central Valley Project Water Transfers
California Senator Dianne Feinstein has been taking flack from the Progressive Left recently about legislation she introduced into the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 regarding water transfers in the Central Valley. Critics have charged that the water transfers language was…
Read MoreUK Government Releases Water Resources Reform Proposal: Water for Life
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…
Read MoreWater Transfers by California Mutual Water Companies
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…
Read MoreFederal Court Denies Area of Origin Priority for Sacramento Valley CVP Contractors
Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (Judge Wanger) issued a decision in Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority v. U.S. Department of the Interior, Case No. 1:10-cv-0712 OWW DLB (August 2, 2011), holding that Central Valley Project…
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