Water Resources & Environment

The Center has published several special reports on economic and policy issues surrounding California’s water resources and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The largest of these studies was the Economic Sustainability Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta completed for the Delta Protection Commission, along with updates related thereto. Some of the most cited reports are the Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Delta Water Conveyance Tunnels and the Employment Impacts of the 2009 drought. In addition, the former Director of the Center frequently writes about water and Delta issues on the Valley Economy Blog.

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August 2016 Benefit-Cost Analysis of The California WaterFix
December 2013 Review of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Statewide Economic Impact Report
September 2013 Comparing Benefit and Cost Estimates for the Delta Water Tunnels
July 2012 Benefit-Cost Analysis of Delta Water Conveyance Tunnels
June 2012 Benefit-Cost Analysis of Delta Water Conveyance Tunnels: June 14, 2012 Draft
February 2012 Delta Protection Commission Economic Sustainability Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 
June 2011 Facts About Water and Jobs
November 2010 Economic Impact of Sacramento Wastewater Treatment Plant Tentative Permit
September 2010 A Retrospective Estimate of the Economic Impacts of Reduced Water Supplies to the San Joaquin Valley in 2009
August 2010 Advanced Wastewater Treatment for Nutrient Reduction: Impact on Sacramento Income and Employment
April 2010 Employment Impacts of Salmon Fishery Closure
December 2009 Employment Impacts of Reduced Water Supplies to San Joaquin Valley Agriculture
August 2009 Unemployment in the San Joaquin Valley in 2009: Fish or Foreclosure?
December 2008 The Economics of Ending Delta Water Exports Versus the Peripheral Canal: Checking the Data of the PPIC
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