California’s Water: Paying for Water
Summary
Sustainable solutions by state and local leaders are needed to close serious funding gaps in a number of critical areas of water management—including floods, water quality, and aquatic ecosystems. This brief describes the state’s major water funding gaps and proposes ways to fill them.
This publication is part of a briefing kit that summarizes 13 of the state’s most pressing water management issues.
This series is supported with funding from the following sponsors:
Almond Board of California
American Rivers
Association of California Water Agencies
California American Water
California Trout
California Urban Water Agencies
California Water Service
The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation
Driscoll’s
Environmental Defense Fund
Friant Water Authority
Golden State Water Company
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Mojave Water Agency
Morgan Family Foundation
The Nature Conservancy
Northern California Water Association
Rosenberg Ach Foundation
S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
State Water Contractors
Sustainable Conservation
Walton Family Foundation
Water Foundation
Western Growers
The Wonderful Company
Turning the Page on a Disruptive Year in the Water World
Addressing Water Affordability in Urban California
Commentary: 3 Lessons for California’s Water Funding Challenges in Today’s Recession
Managing Freshwater Ecosystems in a Pandemic
Paying for Groundwater Recharge
How California’s Water Bond Is Being Spent
How Is California Spending the Water Bond?
Testimony: Funding to Promote Drought Resilience
The “Inexact Science” of Water Pricing
Voters Favor New Water Bond. What Are They Missing?
The High Cost of Fixing Levees