Technical Report on Market-Based Reallocation of Water Resources Alternative: A Component of the Yakima River Basin Storage Feasiblity Study. Ecology Publication Number 07-11-044.

摘要

The primary objective of the Market-Based Reallocation of Water Resources Alternative is to reallocate water resources through a water market and/or water bank to: Improve streamflows for anadromous fish, Improve water supply for irrigated agriculture, and Meet future municipal water supply needs. Secondary objectives of the alternative include: To increase the overall value of the goods and services derived from the basins water resources, by reallocating water from low-value to high-value uses. To reduce the delay and cost of effecting transactions that reallocate water resources. To ensure that, before transactions are completed, appropriate consideration is given to the potential impacts on third parties. The primary objective could be met by moving small increments of water to targeted areas, for example specific tributary stream reaches, and/or by moving large blocks of water where required. The large blocks may be transferred from a single water right owner, for example, an irrigation district, or small increments of water may be pooled and transferred as a single block to meet a larger demand.