Water
Supply Management Program 2040
Economic Analyses
Economic analyses conducted as part of WSMP 2040 are available as
Portable Document Format (PDF) files
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Consultant Memorandums
Proposed Method for Calculating Customer Shortage Costs (140KB)
Cost of Water Shortage (54KB)
Cost of Water Shortage Addendum (250KB)
Potential Impact of Water Shortages on Landscaping Services Sector (31KB)
The following documents were referenced as part of the economic analysis:
Spectrum Economics (1991). “Cost of Industrial Water Shortages: Preliminary Observations.”
Center for Regional Economy (2006). “East Bay Water Sources and a Pilot Study of User Response to a Potential Supply Disruption.”
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (2007). “Measures to Reduce the Economic Impacts of a Drought-Induced Water Shortage in the SF Bay Area.”
MHB Consultants, Inc. (1994). “The Economic Impact of Water Delivery Reductions on the San Francisco Water Department’s Commercial and Industrial Customers.
Brozovic, Nichols, et al. (2006). “Estimating Business and Residential Water Supply Interruption Losses from Catastrophic Events.”
RAND (1996). “Drought Management Policies and Economic Effects in Urban Areas of California, 1987-1992.”
To request a paper copy of a reference document, contact Tom Francis of EBMUD at (510) 287-1303.
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