U2.02 Quesnel 2014 ReNUWIt Annual Meeting Poster

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Abstract: Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource in California, and additional funding mechanisms are critical for the future to support water conservation and efficiency projects, research and development, monitoring and evaluation, and infrastructure maintenance and modernization. In recent decades, California has relied heavily on General Obligation (GO) Bonds to fund and finance a variety of water-related projects. GO bonds, however, are unreliable funding mechanisms as they require voter approval if they survive the legislative process. They are also costly in the long run to both the state and taxpayers as they are repaid with interest. This research looks at an alternative funding mechanism for water projects, a Public Goods Charge (PGC), as a way for California to provide for water investment in the future. In a PGC scheme, ratepayers are charged a per usage fee and the funds are subsequently allocated to projects around the state. This method was used to fund electricity public purpose programs in California from 1998-2011. Financial data from water projects funded by GO Bonds and from electricity projects funded by the PGC will be spatially analyzed to compare the costs and benefits of each as a way to assess the overall impact on California’s residents and to determine if a PGC would be an appropriate method of funding water projects in the future.

Type of resource	other
Date created	May 2014

Author	Quesnel, Kim
Author	Ajami, Newsha

Subject	Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure
Subject	ReNUWIt
Subject	U2.02
Subject	Urban Systems Integration and Institutions
Subject	Visioning
Subject	assessment
Subject	and implementation tools for regional and municipal water planning
Subject	California
Subject	conservation
Subject	distributed systems
Subject	energy efficiency
Subject	governance
Subject	impact
Subject	innovation
Subject	management
Subject	policy
Subject	residential water
Subject	urban water
Subject	water policy

Related Publication	Quesnel, K. J., Ajami, N. K., & Wyss, N. (2017). Accelerating the Integration of Distributed Water Solutions: A Conceptual Financing Model from the Electricity Sector. Environmental Management, 60(5), 867-881. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0914-4
Related Publication	Quesnel, K. J., & Ajami, N. K. (2018). Advancing Water Innovation Through Public Benefit Funds: Examining California's Approach for Electricity. Journal American Water Works Association, 110(2), E18-E32. http://doi.org/10.5942/jawwa.2018.110.0009
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Preferred Citation: Quesnel, K. J., & Ajami, N. K. (2014). U2.02 Quesnel 2014 ReNUWIt Annual Meeting Poster. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/gz470zr9389

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