Dept. of Water Resources
Economic Analysis Section
901 P Street, 2nd floor
P.O. Box 942836
Sacramento, CA
94236-0001
Phone: (916) 653-7101
Fax: (916) 651-9289

DWR economics staff follows economic guidance set forth in the US Water Resources Council's Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies (March 1983). The P&G may be found at:

http://www.usace.army.mil/cw/cecw-cp/library/planlib.html
or at
http://www.spd.usace.army.mil/cwpm/public/plan/pdguide/guide.htm

Staff have prepared a DWR Economic Analysis Guidebook to help management and non-economics staff better understand the concepts, methods and tools used by DWR economists. Although it is not a "how to" manual, this guidebook provides references for those looking for "step-by-step" procedures:

• Economics Water Resources Engineering Memorandum (DWR Internal Review Only)
• DWR Economic Analysis Guidebook
• Appendix A - DWR Economics Concepts
• Appendix B - Example Analyses
• Appendix C - References
• Appendix D - Glossary

Staff have also prepared DRAFT Economic Analysis Guidelines for Flood Risk Management (May 2010) which can be used for various programs involving flood risk management objectives:

• DWR DRAFT Economic Analysis Guidelines for Flood Risk Management (.pdf, 2.2 MB)