West Water Research, LLC has published their 2017 Water Market Outlook, which includes information on commonly traded water assets, different types of water rights (not all are created equal), water transfer structures, market drivers, participants and more.
“Growing water scarcity and population growth have driven price appreciation in the water rights market and have created opportunities for private capital investment as new water development projects such as reservoirs and pipeline projects are increasingly less viable solutions to water scarcity due to high cost and environmental impacts, which in turn further increases the interest in water reallocation. Water rights have historically lagged behind other subsectors of the water industry in terms of market development and private investment, but interest in water rights as an asset class has intensified in the past 10 years.”
Read the report below, or you may download a PDF.
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