Water Markets & Finances
Water Price Risk Management
Water has a price, and that price moves
California surface water more than triples in price between wet years and droughts; Australian allocation prices ended 2024-25 up to 159% higher than they began. Tools exist - an exchange-listed water index, thinly traded futures, carryover storage, forward allocations, long-term contracts - yet companies report US$339 billion of value at risk from water against a US$58.7 billion cost of response, and only 5% put an internal price on water at all. The strongest hedge is physical: a located, rechargeable groundwater source doesn't reallocate the risk - it removes it.
UC Davis 2025; Nasdaq Veles; ABARES; CDP 2025.
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