Expensive Water Transfers: San Diego Buying Water from Northern California, Working Out Deals with Sacramento; $10 Per Acre-Foot Option to Buy Water at $240 Per Acre-Foot from South Feather’s Reservoir!!! (Aguanomics)
Feb.26, 2009 in
Drought, Public Works, Water Industry
(Feb. 24, 2009, Aguanomics)
San Diego is looking north for water this year, working out a number of smaller option agreements with Sacramento Valley Districts. I looked into one 10,000 AF transfer with South Feather Water and Power to get a handle on numbers for this year.
San Diego is paying $10 per acre-foot for the option [...]
