(May 16, 2009, The Chicago Daily Herald)
Q. I have been renting a duplex unit for more than three years. A week ago, my landlord told me the water bills have been getting very high and that she was thinking about charging me for water. My lease states that I am not responsible for water unless [...]
(Feb. 4, 2009, Aguanomics)
“The [Napa, California city] council unanimously approved paying Yountville $3.45 million for the permanent rights to 1,100 acre feet from the vast State Water Project. The city, which uses about 15,500 acre feet annually, already has rights to 20,800 acre feet each year.”
This price for permanent water rights is equal to an [...]
The Costliness of Water Rationing, David Zetland and Water Police in California (LeakBird)(Photo Courtesy of Collectors-Badges.com)
Aguanomics water virtuoso David Zetland recently did a 26-minute interview with Bloomberg Radio that’s well worth listening to. Among a myriad of thoughtful points, one caught my attention in particular: The costliness of water rationing.
Zetland was referring to a tack Santa Barbara took in the 80’s during another big California drought, whereby [...]
(Jan. 16, 2009, The Arizona Republic)
One by one, Arizona and its Indian tribes are settling decades-old disputes over the state’s precious water supply.
The latest deal, still being formalized by the numerous governments and agencies involved, will end almost half a century of claims originating on White Mountain Apache land at the headwaters of the Salt [...]
