Beyond Water Pricing: An Overview of Water Financing Options in California
Beyond Water Pricing: An Overview of Water Financing Options in California
California’s social and economic well-being is directly tied to financing for reliable, sustainable water. This study from the Pacific Institute explores stable and sustainable sources of funding for water projects as a key to long-term solutions, and finds California’s increased dependence on general obligation (GO) bonds in funding water systems is unreliable and costly to both the state and taxpayers.
PowerPoint Presentations from the Workshops on Water Rates and Finances: Tools for Success: Forecasting Water Demand Water Rate Affordability in California A Public Goods Charge for Water Conservation Rates: Sensible Pricing for Water in the Cal Am Settlement Consumption-Based Fixed Revenue Capital Finance Overview: Dealing with the New Norm Innovative Agricultural Rate Structure Modification of Water Rates 2011: City of Napa Stories from the Field: Practice and Politics of Rate Setting in the Real World Water Demand Forecast Model: Seattle Public Utilities
An Overview of the “New Normal” and Water Rate Basics Issue Brief: Water Rates: Conservation and Revenue Stability Issue Brief: Water Rates: Water Demand Forecasting Issue Brief: Water Rates: Water Affordability Issue Brief: Water Rates Communication and EducationOverview
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