CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay Delta discusses the Water Fix economic analysis Maven Meetings October 31, 2018In September of 2018, the Department of Water Resources released the latest economic analysis for the California Water Fix which...
CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Dr. David Sunding defends economic benefits of the tunnels to the San Diego County Water Authority Maven Meetings October 31, 2016Dr. Sunding says California Water Fix is ‘essentially like an insurance policy’ to prevent erosion of existing water supplies At...
Metropolitan Water District, Restore the Delta, and the State Water Contractors react to release of BDCP financing report Maven Other News Item November 15, 2014There really wasn’t much of a reaction to the report on BDCP funding that was released on Friday. (You can...
BDCP vs. local water supply alternatives: Dr. David Sunding reviews the alternative supply analysis for Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta committee Maven Meetings July 28, 2014At the July 22nd Metropolitan Water District meeting of the Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Dr. David Sunding of the...
Evaluating the economics of the BDCP: Dr. Thornberg reviews all the economic analyses for Metropolitan and says “From my perspective, this is a no-brainer.” Maven Meetings December 16, 2013At the joint meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee and the Special Committee on the Bay-Delta...
Guest commentary: Steven Kasower – “BDCP 11 Financial Red Flags Report” Maven Guest contributors December 16, 2013From Steven Kasower, Strategic Economic Applications Company: “Federal and State water contractors are being asked by the Brown administration to...
Wading through the economics of the BDCP: A recap of the reports, posts, fact sheets and more on the BDCP’s economic analyses Maven FEATURED ARTICLES December 16, 2013Updated June 21 with latest documents released by the BDCP. There has been much posted and written about the economic...
SDCWA BDCP Workshop: ESA regulations, the environmental review process, and “Baselines 101” Maven Best of the Notebook December 4, 2013The San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority), a member agency of Metropolitan Water District, is dependent on imported water...
Rebuttal: NRDC’s Kate Poole fires back at the State’s analysis of the portfolio approach, saying “The portfolio approach provides more water and a more reliable water supply at less cost than provided by the current BDCP” Maven Guest contributors September 16, 2013Kate Poole at the Natural Resources Defense Council fires back at the State’s analysis of the portfolio approach on the...
Guest blogger: Another economist weighs in on the BDCP, pencils out the cost of water Maven Guest contributors August 7, 2013Filling in today for the vacationing Maven is a guest blogger. So what do you do when you have two...
