Water Partnerships between Cities and Farms inTechnical Appendix • October 26th, 2020
Contract Type FiledOctober 26th, 2020This appendix estimates the costs of alternative water supplies—recycled wastewater, urban stormwater, and desalinated seawater and brackish water—and conservation efforts in Southern California, using data on recent and proposed projects. Our goal is to shed light on which options might be most economically feasible both for Southern California utilities, and for interregional partnerships. In the first section, we share the data sources, methods, and results of our alternative urban water supply analysis. In the second section, we share the data, methods, and results of our urban water conservation analysis.