Flashback to April 2008.
These posts are still relevant after 9 years!
Dissertation Done!
It’s still a good read on water mismanagement in Southern California and free to download (over 2,000 people already have!)
Go play… and learn Voting Rules and Results — one man one vote may be inefficient (Imperial to Split?
Didn’t but should), but Poverty IS Different — especially when Rice at Twice the Price (due to politics), World Food Prices Up and Arbitrage Failure?
threatens food security Private versus Public utilities.
Cost and Benefit of Dams and why Hetch Hetchy dam (storing San Francisco’s water) should stay but Local Burdens and Clean Tap Water (i.e., MOST water infrastructure) should be funded by locals (not others).
Coachella Reactionaries (to Revolution in Coachella) are wrong as are farmers who want to Eat Your Cake and Have It or farmers who Beggar Thy Neighbor via "competitive well drilling" Property Rights and Takings — there’s a place for eminent domain in taking over land and water, but the Public Trust should always take priority for some water (Related: Hijacking the Everglades?
For the rest, Water Markets (and Water Markets 2) have a role in balancing Demand and Supply of Water and making farmers $$ via Water Trades (like this one From Farms to Cities) Two Opinions — water managers getting climate change wrong.