Governmental Perspectives
- 2012 & prior Texas Water Plans (Texas, 2012)
- Supply-oriented planning relies on narrow concept of demand (CO River basin, 2012)
- The U.S. Principles and Requirements plus Guidelines (2013)
- The U.S. Proposed Principles and Standards (2009)
- The U.S. Principles and Guidelines (1983)
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- U.S. EPA Office of Water
- Environment Canada (water topics)
- Texas Water Development Board
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (water topics)
- TCEQ: all about TX water rights
Sites
- Lower Colorado River Authority (Texas)
- Brazos River Authority (Texas)
- San Antonio Water System
- Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center
- U.S. Water News
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Legislation (large file?)
- Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (US)
[Presidential veto overridden by Congress in November 2007] - A YouTube rant on the WRDA of 2007 (US)
- Senate Bill 3 (2007, TX)
Textbook
- TAMU online access to Water Resource Economics by Griffin (2006)
Lite Professional Articles
- History of water resource economics by Griffin (2012)
- Schuck and Green (2004) on Irrigation Pricing
- Olmstead (2003) on Poverty & Water Access
- Griffin and Characklis (2002) on Texas Water Markets/Laws
- Kelso (1967) on false water imagery; interesting & hard to find
Blogs & News
- Aguanomics: water with an economics spin
- AWRA: general water stuff
Selections from the News
- Politically wanted LCRA dam ≠ econ'ly nor environ'ly wanted? (2015) TX
- Many new dams for developing nations (2015) Asia
- Troubles with Edwards adjudications (2015) TX
- Betting on water price (2014) AU
- It's not property if it's not enforced (2014) TX
- SWIFT Water Rescue (editorial) (2014) TX
- Others are learning (2013) TX
- A perspective on water development funds (2013) TX
- Are downstream users the losers? (2013) TX
- Tough times in El Paso (2013) TX
- Should rainy day $ produce water? (2013) TX
- Again, intermittent contracts get intermittent water (2013) TX
- Rio Grande: TX v NM again (2013) TX
- Two tales about one State (mediate this!) (2011-12) TX
- Water marketing report (video) (2012) CA
- rising market for groundwater access rights (2012) TX
- Nationwide water rate increases (2012) US
- Irrigators with intermittent contracts get intermittent water (2012) TX
- Where Meters Are Really Valuable (2010) CA
- Private Property in Water Takes a While to Achieve (2010) TX
- Water Suit for Whooping Cranes (2009) TX
- U.S. drinking water -- yukky (2009)
- Nobel Econ. winner has water ties (2009)
- Making it Legal to Catch Rain (2009)
- Do Nations War over Water? (2009)
- Drought & Employment Losses (2009) CA
- Devil's Hole Pupfish (2008) NV
- Impact Fees in El Paso (2008) TX
- Buying dams for removal (2008) MA
- State of the LCRA (2008) TX
- Auctioning Wastewater (2008) AZ
- Supreme Court: Ranchers v. Farmers (2008) TX
- Panhandle's Reduced 2008 City Allotments (2007) TX
- Huge Hikes in Water & Sewer Rates (2007) US
- Mesa Water District? (2007) TX
- People vs. Mussels in Southeast Drought (2007) GA
- "An Arid West No Longer Waits for Rain" (2007) U.S.
- Costly new state water plan (2006) TX
- Costly San Antonio option (2006) TX
- New Dams in Texas? (2006) TX
- Common law is weak protection (2006) AZ
- Does somebody else own your canal leakage (2006) CA/NV/AZ/Mexico
- Pact signed to ban export of Great Lakes water (2005) U.S./Canada
- Guadalupe River Trust Lease (2005) in Texas
- How natural are natural disasters? (2005)
- Mexico pays its debt (in full?) (2005)
- El Paso desalts and ranches (2005)
- Mexico-TX dispute to be arbitrated (2005)
- Utah editorial criticizing subsidized prices (2005)
- A proposed Brazilian megaproject (2005)
- The Rio Grande Controversy (2005) between Texas and Mexico
- Fish vs. Farmer (2005) in California
- Does submetering work? (2005)
- Water speculation in TX? (2005)
- Arizona deals with Nevada (2004)
- Are GW districts the best approach? (2004)
- Can desalinization promote earthquakes? (2004)
- Tax valuation of Irrigation company (2004) in Texas
- "Is Water Too Cheap?" (2004) for California Irrigators
- Nu River, China (2004)
- Grande Canyon (2004) changes due to water development
- A Dam Gets Removed (2004) to improve habitat
- Dam Removal on the Snake River
- Maryland-Virginia water issue (2003)
- Subsidize Water for Rice (2002) in Arkansas
- Privatization Conflicts (2002)
- Rationing River Recreation (2002) on Montana rivers
- Pay for Desal with Property Taxes? (2002) South Texas
- Is water law change a "taking"? (2002) Texas ground water
Edwards Aquifer - a downloadable Quicktime movie (1992, 24.5 MB; 10 min.)