Benefit Accounting of Nature-Based Solutions for Watersheds Guide - Version 2

Pacific Institute | August 23rd, 2023

This guide helps users account for and measure the stacked water,1 carbon, biodiversity and socio-economic benefits of a Nature-Based Solution NBS project. Accounting for

This guide helps users account for and measure the stacked water,1 carbon, biodiversity and socio-economic benefits of a Nature-Based Solution NBS project. Accounting for these benefits will improve a company’s impact reporting and help build the business case for green solutions, thereby supporting widespread investment, implementation and upscaling of NBS. This work will increase awareness of the value of NBS, not only for ecosystem health and community development, but also for companies directly.

Benefit-Cost Analysis for Water System Planning

American Geophysical Union (AGU) | January 1st, 1971

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Resources Monograph Series, Volume 2. This is a small book on a very large topic: water resource syste

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Resources Monograph Series, Volume 2. This is a small book on a very large topic: water resource system planning. The term water resource system as used here means a combination of structural and nonstructural measures, including rules of operation, for transforming stocks or flows of water into more useful outputs of water, water services, or water-related products. Examples of these outputs would include municipal water supply, flood control, waste disposal and water quality management, navigation, irrigation, and hydroelectric power. Both the original water inputs and the outputs are characterized by quantity, quality, time, and place.

Benefit-Cost Analysis of The California WaterFix

University of the Pacific, Center for Business and Policy Research | August 17th, 2016

This benefit - cost analysis of the California Water Fix was prepared by Dr. Jeffrey Micheal with the University of the Pacific Center for Business and Policy Research; D

This benefit - cost analysis of the California Water Fix was prepared by Dr. Jeffrey Micheal with the University of the Pacific Center for Business and Policy Research; Dr. Michael is an opponent of the project. He writes, "This analysis is based on data and assumptions in the revised environmental documents produced by DWR to support the proposal’s environmental review. The results show the WaterFix costs are four times larger than its benefits, and thus the project is not is not economically justified."

Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Delta Conveyance Project

Berkeley Research Group (BRG) | May 16th, 2024

This report presents the results of a benefit-cost analysis for the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP), a plan to modernize the State Water Project (SWP)’s conveyance infra

This report presents the results of a benefit-cost analysis for the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP), a plan to modernize the State Water Project (SWP)’s conveyance infrastructure in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta). The SWP plays a crucial role in supplying water resources to 27 million Californians. Businesses in the area served by the SWP produce $2.3 trillion in goods and services annually, making it the world’s eighth-largest economy. The SWP delivers an average of 2.56 million acre-feet of water annually to urban and agricultural customers in the Bay Area, Central Valley, Central Coast, and Southern California. However, by 2070, climate change and sea-level rise are expected to reduce SWP deliveries by approximately 22%, or 546 thousand acre-feet per year (TAF/yr). In addition, the SWP faces an ongoing risk of service disruptions following seismic events near the Delta; these events could cause outages and reduce the quality of water exports from the SWP south of the Delta.

Biennial Report of the Fish and Game Commission of California 1924-26

California Fish and Game Commission | June 30th, 1926

Biennial Report of the State Board of Fish Commissioners of the State of California for the Years 1886-1888

State of California | October 1st, 1888

Biennial Report of the State Board of Fish Commissioners of the State of California for the Years 1888-1890

State of California | October 1st, 1890

Bulletin 132-21 Appendix B - Data and Computations Used to Determine 2022 Water Charges

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | December 14th, 2021

This report presents the data and computations used by the State of California in determining the SWP contractors’ Statements of Charges to be paid in calendar year 20

This report presents the data and computations used by the State of California in determining the SWP contractors’ Statements of Charges to be paid in calendar year 2022.

Bulletin No. 13, South Coastal Basin Investigation, Value and Cost of Water for Irrigation in Coastal Plain of Southern California

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | June 1st, 1933

Bulletin No. 18, San Luis Obispo County Investigation, Volume II, Appendixes

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | May 1st, 1958