PUB00158

• Year: 1997
• Title: A Bibliographic Pathfinder on Water Marketing
• CWCB Section: Administration
• Author: Ronald A Kaiser
• Description: A Bibliographic Pathfinder on Water Marketing
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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John Thorson, Water Marketing in Big Sky Country: An Interim Assessment, 29 NA T.
RESOURCES J. 479 (1989).

Thomas Tregarthen, Water Law in Colorado: Fear and Loathing of the Marketplace, in WATER
RIGHTS: SCARCE RESOURCES ALLOCATION, BUREAUCRACY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT 119-36 (T.L. Anderson ed., 1983).

Clifford Villa, California Dreaming: Water Transfers from the Pacific Northwest, 23 ENVTL. L.
997 (1993).

Richard Wahi, Market Transfers of Water in Cal ifornia, 1 WEST-NORTHWEST J. ENVTL L.
POL 'Y & THOUGHT 49( 1994).

Mike Willatt, Buying and Selling Water Rights in Texas, 59 TEX. RJ. 628 (1996).

D.Yardas, Water Transfers and Paper Rights in the Truckee and Carson River Basins, in INDIAN
WATER RIGHTS AND W A TERRESOURCES MANAGEMENT 32-42 (1989) (Proceedings
of the American Water Resources Association Symposium, Bethesda, Maryland).

3. Water Banks and Transfers

A water bank is basically a brokerage institution created for the purpose of pooling surplus
water rights for rental or sales to other users. Typically, a bank buys water for a fixed price from
voluntary sellers and sells it to users at a higher fixed price. The revenue from the difference in
prices is used to cover the bank's administrative and technical costs. Under most banking
arrangements, the original water rights holders retain their permanent water right and only sell to the
bank the right to use the water.
The California Drought Emergency Water Banks of 1991 and 1992 are the most celebrated
examples of banking. In both years, the state acted as the banker and fixed the terms and prices of
transfers. Formal water banks have also developed in Texas and Idaho, and bank-like activities occur
in Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.

LLOYD DIXON ET AL., CALIFORNIA'S 1991 DROUGHT WATER BANK: ECONOMIC
IMPACTS IN THE SELLING REGIONS (1993) (A Report of the Rand Corporation).

Brian Gray, The Market and the Community: Lessonsfrom California's Drought Water Bank, I
WEST-NORTHWEST J. ENVTL. L. PoL'Y & THOUGHT 17(1994).

Austin Hamre, Water Banking: Should There Be More Interest?, 25 COLO. LAW. 97 (1996).

RICHARD HOWITT ET AL., A RETROSPECTIVE ON CALIFORNIA'S 1991 EMERGENCY
DROUGHT WATER BANK, REPORT PREPARED FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF WATER RESOURCES (1992).

Scott Jercich, California's 1995 Water Bank Program: Purchasing Water Supply Options, 123 J.
WATER RESOURcES PLAN. & MGMT. 59(1997).