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As
part of its mission, ACWA sponsors research on a variety of topics
important to its members and the water community. ACWA's reports
and studies are aimed at examining key issues and providing the
best information possible to policy makers, legislators, regulatory
bodies and the public.
Water Supply Research
- Desalination: With a
Grain of Salt, by H. Cooley, P. Gleick, and G. Wolff
The report,
which includes a California review of the 21 plants proposed along
the west coast, identifies the risks and benefits of desalination and
addresses questions of cost, reliability, environmental impacts,
coastal development, and water quality.
- Hetch Hetchy Restoration Study, by the California Department of Water Resources
Governor Schwarzenegger directed the Resources Agency to review the many Hetch Hetchy restoration studies prepared by other organizations and public agencies over the past 20 years. In conducting the study, the state provided the first-ever public forum to discuss Hetch Hetchy Valley restoration issues.
Local
Government Research
LAFCO Survey Results (2007)
USC
Study Examines the Issue of Privatized Public Water Service --
A Briefing Paper (November 1996)
Special
District Privatization -- A USC Report (July 1995)
Special
District Consolidations -- A USC Research Study (December
1994)
Environmental
Research
An
Evaluation of MTBE Occurrence at Fuel Leak Sites with Operating
USTs -- Santa Clara Valley Water District (May 2000)
Status
of Steelhead Trout Populations in California (February 1995)
Recommendations
for Restoration of Steelhead Populations in California (August
1995)
Water Quality
Research
- Bipartisan survey (
 ) performed jointly by The Luntz Research Companies and Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates and sponsored by the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies for use in bolstering arguments for full funding of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program in the U.S. EPA’s fiscal year '06 budget and for the creation of a long-term, sustainable, and reliable source of federal funding in the future - March 2005
- Arsenic
Residuals Research Project (September 2003)
- Arsenic
Occurrence and Conjunctive Management in California (September 2000)
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