April-May 2016

In this issue …

 

TRANSACTION SPOTLIGHT

Metropolitan Water District Buys 20,000 Acres of Delta Lands

GBRA Buys Vintage San Marcos River Water Rights

 

MARKET INDICATORS

CBT Market Indicator: Prices Begin Climbing Above $25,000/unit

 

JOW CORNER

ACWA Releases Report with Recommendations for Improving Water Transfers

 

ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST

State Board, Governor Brown Step Away From Top-Down Approach and Move Toward More Locally-Focused Conservation Regulations

Reclamation Announces 2016 CVP Allocations

 

LEGAL ACTIONS

Federal Court Overrules Objections and Approves Aamodt Settlement Agreement

 

HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS

Colorado River Basin: Analysis of the Bureau of Reclamation’s 24-Month Study and Current and Historical Storage Conditions in Lake Mead and Lake Powell

Texas: Analysis of Well Elevations in the Edwards Aquifer J-17 and J-27 Monitoring Wells

Elsewhere in the Southwest: Analysis of Storage Levels in California’s Lake Oroville

 

CAPITAL MARKETS

Analysis of Stock Prices for Resource Development Firms (pending)

Analysis of Stock Prices for Desalination Firm (pending)

Analysis of Stock Prices for Water Utilities (pending)

Analysis of Stock Prices for Exchange Traded Funds (pending)