PUB00042

• Year: 1994
• Title: Using Water Banks to Promote More Flexible Water Use - Final Project Report USGS, Award 1434-92-2253
• CWCB Section: Water Conservation & Drought Planning
• Author: MacDonnell, Howe, Miller, Rice, Bates
• Description: Report about water banks -- conceptual analysis of the designs, 3rd party effects, etc.
• Publications - Doc Type: Brochure

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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

USING WATER BANKS TO PROMOTE MORE FLEXIBLE WATER USE

WATER BANKS: AN INTRODuCTION

WATER BANK EXPERIENCE IN THE WEST

2.1 Water Banks in Idaho

2.1.1 History of Water Rentals in the Upper Snake Basin

2.1.2 Current Water Banking Program in Idaho

2.1.2.1 Local rental pools
2.1.2.2 Storage vs. natural flow water rights in Idaho
2.1.2.3 Special status of water assigned to the bank
2.1.2.4 limitation on out-of-state or out-of-basin transfers
2.1.2.5 Irrigation use preference
2.1.2.6 Deposits into the bank
2.1.2.7 Rentals from the bank
2.1.2.8 Water bank pricing
2.1.2.9 Lease terms and carry over
2.1.2.10 Addressing water rights and third party injury issues
2.1.2.11 Bank administration

2.1.3 Shoshone-Bannock Tn'bal Water Supply Bank

2.2 Emergency Drought Water Banks in California: 1991, 1992 and 1994

2.2.1 Introduction
2.2.2 The 1991 Bank
2.2.3 The 1992 Bank
2.2.4 The 1994 Bank
2.2.5 Assessment of the Emergency Drought Water Banks

Appendix. Fallowing Contracts

2.3 The Texas Water Bank

2.3.1 Bank Administrator
2.3.2 Bank Deposits
2.3.3 Withdrawal and Use of Bank Water
2.3.4 Consideration of Impacts
2.3.5 Bank Finances
2.3.6 Public Concerns
2.3.7 Conclusion

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