blog post How Water Bonds Plug Spending Holes By Annabelle Rosser, Caitrin Chappelle Jun 7, 2021 Jun 7, 2021 ... In fact, bonds have helped fund water's fiscal orphans—critical activities that lack stable, long-term funding sources—including providing ...
Fact Sheet Paying for California’s Water System By Caitrin Chappelle, Ellen Hanak, Annabelle Rosser May 26, 2021 Water and wastewater rates have been rising as utilities invest in system upgrades. · State bonds play a key role in funding fiscal orphans.
blog post Commentary: 3 Lessons for California’s Water Funding Challenges in Today’s Recession By Ellen Hanak, Jelena Jezdimirovic Oct 1, 2020 Oct 1, 2020 ... But addressing the fiscal consequences of the economic recession is ... for “fiscal orphans” like safe drinking water in poor communities, ...
blog post Managing Freshwater Ecosystems in a Pandemic By Jeffrey Mount Jun 8, 2020 Jun 8, 2020 ... In our work on water system finance, we've called ecosystems a “fiscal orphan” because they lack a reliable and adequate funding source.
Fact Sheet Climate Change and California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Daniel Swain, Paul Ullrich Sep 4, 2019 But the state's water system also has numerous “fiscal orphans”—areas where available funding is far below ongoing needs and there is no straightforward way ...
blog post Voters Favor New Water Bond. What Are They Missing? By Ellen Hanak, Mark Baldassare Aug 13, 2018 Aug 13, 2018 ... In California's $2.7 trillion economy, filling the gaps for water's “fiscal orphans” should be manageable. But this will require a focused ...
blog post Paying for Water’s “Fiscal Orphans” By Lori Pottinger Jul 9, 2018 Jul 9, 2018 ... The most prominent of these “fiscal orphans” are safe drinking water for disadvantaged rural communities, flood management, ...
blog post Governor’s Budget Banks on Voters Passing Water Bond By Caitrin Chappelle, Henry McCann Feb 7, 2018 Feb 7, 2018 ... Bond funds have generally gone to “fiscal orphans”—areas of public and environmental health that do not have adequate alternative sources of ...
blog post The High Cost of Fixing Levees By Jeffrey Mount Feb 23, 2017 Feb 23, 2017 ... Indeed, flood management remains one of the water sector's most prominent “fiscal orphans,” with one of the biggest funding gaps compared to ...
blog post Ruling Muddies Waters on Clean Water Act By Brian Gray Sep 19, 2016 Sep 19, 2016 ... Because stormwater compliance lacks a steady funding source, it is one of California's “fiscal orphans,” with an annual funding gap of ...