October 2015

In this issue …

 

TRANSACTION SPOTLIGHT

Agreement with SNWA, CRCN Increases Metropolitan’s Short-Term Water Supplies

CWCB Leases Water at Nominal Price to Meet Streamflow Objectives for Endangered Fish

 

MARKET INDICATORS

CBT Market Indicator: Prices Stay Around $25,000/unit

 

JOW CORNER

BLM Determines that Cadiz Project Needs Federal Approval

 

THEN & NOW

Then & Now: Shortage on the Colorado River

 

COLORADO RIVER BASIN

CVWD Takes Stand against IID’s Position on Salton Sea Restoration

Scholars Request National Academy of Sciences Review of Colorado River

 

TEXAS

General Land Office Signs MOU with Desalination Developer

USGS Releases New Groundwater Model for Edwards Aquifer

 

ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST

Settlement Reached in Westlands Water District Drainage Lawsuit

 

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