Summer 2017

In this issue …

 

 

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

 

TRANSACTION SPOTLIGHT

Gila River Indian Community Enters Agreement to Contribute Colorado River System Conservation Water

Type 2 Rights and Long-Term Storage Credits Continue to Trade in Arizona

Agricultural Water Prices Ease as California Drought Lets Up

City of Santa Maria Leases Excess Water to Nearby Communities

Collaborative Agreement Will Improve South Platte River Environmental Conditions and Water Quality

Larimer County and the City and County of Broomfield Enter Innovative Water Sharing Agreement

Ute Water Conservancy District Provides Instream Flows for Colorado River Endangered Fish Species

 

MARKET INDICATORS

CBT Water Market Indicator: Prices Continue to Climb

Lower Rio Grande Water Market Indicator: Will Trading Continue to Increase?

 

JOW CORNER

House Passes Bill to Make Water Supply Project Permitting More Efficient

Ak-Chin Lawsuit Against CAWCD Seeks to Clarify Tribe’s Water Rights

10 States File Amicus Brief in Agua Caliente Groundwater Lawsuit

Nebraska District Runs Pilot Water Exchange

ABCWUA Provides Grant to the Nature Conservancy to Restore and Protect Local Watersheds

FWS Issues “No Jeopardy” Biological Opinion Covering Middle Rio Grande Water Management Activities