Impacts of Water Transfers in Colorado
Brett Bovee recently moderated a panel of researchers and water managers on the impacts related to water right transfers in Northern Colorado as part of the Confluence conference organized by BizWest. The panel discussed how transfers occur, the type of impacts, and projects to mitigate those impacts. Read more
Watch: Colorado Front Range Water Rates
WestWater Rocky Mountain Director, Brett Bovee was recently interviewed on a discussion in the Front Range regarding water rates and usage. Watch the full discussion here
WestWater Welcomes new Team Members in Arizona, Colorado, and Idaho
Jessica Fox, Southwest Regional Director – Arizona Jessica Fox is the Southwest Regional Director for WestWater Research and leads the firm’s Phoenix office. She is a dedicated water resources professional, bringing over ten years of experience in Arizona water policy and management. She has extensive experience developing and advocating for policy solutions and strategies to […]
Rosedale–Rio Bravo Water Accounting and Trading Platform
Exciting news and a great opportunity to scale groundwater accounting platforms across California. This unique tool provides an online platform for tracking, managing, and trading groundwater allocations to enhance water management at the local level by incorporating one of the first screen trading environments for water entitlements in the western US. WestWater was thrilled to […]
CME futures contract live December 7th!
Interested in managing your water risk in California? Put this date on your calendar. The CME group announced today that “futures on the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index (NQH20) will be available for trading Dec. 7, pending regulatory review.” NQH20 is based in part on data derived from our own Waterlitix™ database. For background information on the […]
Is Northern Colorado the next water source for thirsty cities?
Brett Bovee, Regional Director of WestWater’s Fort Collins office, recently weighed in on the increasingly competitive Northern Colorado water market and discusses how the ever-growing Denver Metro area continues to push water share prices higher in its search for additional water supplies. Read the full story here.
WestWater’s Matt Payne breaks down CA water trends in Nasdaq
WestWater’s Matt Payne was recently interviewed for a #NASDAQ #TradeTalks episode, where he distills general California water market trends like how demand is driven, how demand has evolved over time, and how new tools can help manage price risk. Check out the interview to get a nice refresher on the market yourself!
CME futures contract paves way for better water management
You may have heard the exciting news about the CME group launch of the first-ever regulated, exchanged-traded risk management tool for water futures based on the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index (NQH20). The NQH2O index is based in part on data derived from our own Waterlitix™ database. Our water pricing database is a reflection of our past and present, […]
WestWater’s Brett Bovee talks northern CO water benchmarks
Brett Bovee discusses in a recent article in the Colorado Real Estate Journal why new ways to benchmark water prices in Colorado need to be developed as the gold standard of using prices for Colorado-Big Thompson Project (CBT) water doesn’t work as an index for many reasons. In addition to other points, he explains that the extremely […]
Podcast: Ripple Effect
Brett Bovee was recently a guest on a new water podcast called Ripple Effect hosted by Emily Lewis. This edition of the podcast focused on water markets, transactions, and considerations for developing water bank frameworks. Listen to the entire podcast here