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(The Center Square) - California utility prices have increased 51% more than then national average, while California rents have increased 21.6% less than national average, according to a new ...
The cost of water from the plant will be $100 to $200 more per acre-foot than recycled water (approximately 0.045 cents per gallon), $1,000 to $1,100 more than reservoir water (approx. 0.32 cents per gallon), but $100 to $200 less than importing water from outside the county. [42] As of April 2015, San Diego County imported 90% of its water. [13]
As the world's largest, most productive, and potentially most controversial water system, [2] [page needed] it manages over 40 million acre-feet (49 km 3) of water per year. [3] Use of available water averages 50% environmental, 40% agricultural and 10% urban, though this varies considerably by region and between wet and dry years. [4]
Although the overall average cost of SWP water is $147 per acre-foot ($119 per 1,000 m 3), agricultural users pay far less than their urban counterparts for SWP water. The Kern County Water Agency (the second largest SWP entitlement holder) pays around $45–50 per acre-foot ($36–41 per 1,000 m 3 ) of SWP water, which is mostly used for ...
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California water officials have estimated that the total costs of drinking water solutions for communities statewide amount to $11.5 billion over the next five years.
The construction and application of a membrane bioreactors in the demonstration facility cost nearly $17 million dollars and the total cost of building the full-scale program will be $3.4 billion, resulting in an annual operation cost of $129 million, and water cost of $1,830 per acre-foot. [19]
(The Center Square) – The California Water Commission has released their strategic plan for the next five years on how they will work to ensure California’s water supply as drought continues ...