Water trading Archives

PRESS RELEASE: Metropolitan board opens new path to increase region’s water supply reliability through local water exchanges

August 21, 2025

Metropolitan’s member agencies can now exchange locally produced water supplies, enhancing regional resilience amid climate challenges Press release from the...

AG ALERT: State works to better adapt to extreme dry, wet periods

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

March 27, 2024

By Ching Lee As California farmers struggle through impacts of rapid swings between intense drought and severe deluge, the state’s...

SJV WATER: Farmers in Tulare County set to test groundwater market they hope could help keep them in business and replenish the aquifer

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Groundwater News

February 2, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water How will selling groundwater help keep more groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley’s already critically...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diego Selling Back Some Pricey Colorado River Water for Cheaper Met Water

Voice of San Diego

Colorado River

November 10, 2023

A deal between formerly warring parties could generate more water supplies in the drying West. By Mackenzie Elmer, Voice of...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diego gears up to deal water across the west

Voice of San Diego

Colorado River

October 3, 2023

Twenty years since San Diego bought Colorado River water from its farming neighbors, it seeks to attract investors in its...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Groundwater Rights Summary and Allocations Challenges for Market Development

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 13, 2021

For the past several months, the California Water Commission has been leading a process to frame state considerations around how...

DR. CHRISTINA BABBITT: Advancing Well-Designed Water Trading Programs in California

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

August 18, 2021

In March of this year, the Secretaries of the Natural Resources Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and...

STEVEN SPRINGHORN: Water Trading & the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

August 17, 2021

In March of this year, the Secretaries of the Natural Resources Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Dr. Newsha Ajami: Enhancing Regional Water Sustainability through Virtual Water Trading

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

August 11, 2021

In March of this year, the Secretaries of the Natural Resources Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and...

AG ALERT: Water managers discuss SGMA-related solutions

Ag Alert

Agriculture Groundwater News

February 17, 2021

By Christina Souza, Ag Alert During an annual irrigation conference, water managers, farmers and consultants described creative solutions they’re pursuing...

SJV WATER: It’s all about water markets

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Water supply augmentation

April 1, 2019

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Almonds take too much water. Wait, alfalfa is the bad guy. What about those water...