November 2015

In this issue …

 

TRANSACTION SPOTLIGHT

City of Riverside Sells Excess Water to Western Municipal Water District

OID and SSJID Sell Water for Stanislaus River Pulse Flow

 

MARKET INDICATORS

Middle Rio Grande Water Market Indicator: Expect Prices to Remain High

 

JOW CORNER

Thoughts on the Current Economic Value of Water in the Central Valley

 

COLORADO RIVER BASIN

SDCWA and U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to Study Seawater Intake Options for Future Desalination Project

 

ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST

New State Water Initiative Announced by Office of the Arizona Governor

 

GENERAL INTEREST

Legislators Request Information on Plans to Capture El Niño-Related Precipitation

 

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

Analysis of Stock Prices for Desalination Firm

Analysis of Stock Prices for Water Utilities

Analysis of Stock Prices for Exchange Traded Funds