Category: Selected Studies

Stratecon responded to a call for comments on the Bureau of Reclamation’s Preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to December 2007 Record of Decision on Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead (“2007 Interim Guidelines”). In its comments, Stratecon outlines the causes of the…

The San Diego County Water Authority (“Water Authority”) asked Stratecon Inc to review the DLM Engineering/Gillingham Review of SDCWA Regional Conveyance System Feasibility (hereinafter cited as “DLM&G Review”). Based on Stratecon’s experience and expertise, while I identify many deficiencies in the analytic methods, assumptions and lack of data in the DLM&G Review, the review identifies…

The Texas House Committee on Natural Resources held a public hearing on October 16, 2018, to hear invited and public testimony on some its interim charges … Read Stratecon President Rodney T. Smith’s testimony, Lessons from California’s Journey in Water Markets, where he discusses how California’s experience can be used to inform water management in Texas.

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin launched the inaugural Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference in Midland February 20-23, 2018.  The conference emphasized innovation and facilitating commercial-free discussions about facing the water resource challenges confronting the energy industry in the Permian Basin. The two and a half days of presentations connected professionals, policy-makers…

The Substitute Environmental Document (“SED”), recently issued by the California State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB”), proposes substantial increases in the unimpaired flows of the Merced, Stanislaus and Tuolumne Rivers that will fundamentally alter the water supply portfolios of Merced, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties (collectively the “Study Area”). The SWRCB’s assessment, however, of the…

This report is prepared in response to a request by Cadiz Inc (Cadiz) to evaluate the probability that the Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA) will have space available to convey water for beneficial use by the Santa Margarita Water District and others within the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) over the 50 year term…

Cadiz Inc. retained Stratecon Inc. to provide an independent economic valuation of the water supply and related benefits of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery & Storage Project (“Cadiz Project”) to project participants and to the public generally in urban Southern California. An initial draft of this report was prepared and commentary was solicited from…