Western Water Market Podcast
Are you curious how to buy, sell or lease water rights? Wondering how much your water rights are worth or if you even own them? Kristina Ribellia, founder of WesternWaterMarket.com brings you the top experts, innovations, and market insights to help you better manage, protect, and trade the West’s most valuable resource and perhaps your greatest asset: water rights.
Episodes
14 episodes
14: Water Right Transactions: Managing Expectations & Increasing Efficiencies with Kristina Ribellia
Are you in need of buying or selling water rights? Join Kristina Ribellia, Western Water Market’s founder and president as she reflects on several water right transactions that she has been involved with over the last 5 years. Kristina provides...
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27:57
13: Project Greenland for American Water & Energy Security with Thomas Schumann
Greenland is home to 10% of the world's freshwater. Some of which is now listed for sale on Western Water Market...
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15:52
12: Diving into Washington’s Trust Water Rights Program with Kelsey Collins
Join Kristina Ribellia and Kelsey Collins as they dive into recent activities and updates involving one of the most valuable water rights tools in the West: Washington State’s Trust Water Rights Program. The Trust Water Rights Prog...
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29:13
11: Selah-Moxee Irrigation District Surplus Water Rights Auction with Nathan Draper and Dan Haller
Selah-Moxee Irrigation District (SMID) recently created a 9,000 acre-foot water bank through various conservation projects and land uses changes to help fund its $100 million conservation and modernization plan. Now, SMID is auctioning a ...
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26:10
10: Creative water right solutions in the evolving West with Alyssa Moir
As our landscapes, industries, and values evolve across the West, the use, need, and demand for water rights are also rapidly changing. These transitions can be complicated – and it’s clear, now more than ever – that innovation and collab...
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36:25
9: Top 10 things to know before buying property with water rights - Tips from Andy Dunn
Buyer beware. Whether you are looking to buy property with water rights or own water rights currently, this is one you don’t want to miss. Andy Dunn, water rights expert and hydrogeologist with RH2 Engineering shares the top 10 thin...
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43:52
8: Buying and selling water rights in Moses Lake and the greater Quincy Basin: A Q&A with Kelsey Mach and Aaron Fitterer
Moses Lake, Washington and the greater Columbia Basin Project area is not only the headquarters of Western Water Market, but it's also one of the hottest water markets in the state. Join licensed geologist and water right expert Kelsey Mach wit...
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52:04
7: View water right due diligence and submit offer
Western Water Market is again breaking the mold, pushing the envelope, and bringing us one step closer to a more open and efficient market in the West. Join host Kristina Ribellia as she lifts the hood on Odessa Groundwater Right No. 5797...
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15:28
6: Invaluable insights from developer turned Kittitas County water banker, David Gleason
Could you imagine buying property, then being told you can’t build on it -- because you don't have a water right. That was the frustrating reality for David Gleason, developer turned water banker and others in Kittitas County just over 10...
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19:27
5: How to protect your water rights from relinquishment with Dan Haller
Did you know water rights can be lost, also known as forfeited or relinquished, wholly or in part for non-use and or misuse? It’s a true story and quite possibly the most important thing you want to know and understand as a water right ho...
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29:56
4: The Montana water market with Chris Carparelli
Chris Carparelli, Montana water rights specialist and real estate advisor provides an invaluable intro to the emerging water market in Montana, beginning with HydroSolutions’ motivation for bringing Western Water Market to the great state. ...
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Episode 4
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36:38
3: Drought management tools and market solutions for unprecedented times with Kate Fitzpatrick
Drought in the West has gone from bad to the worst. While conservation and market reallocation of water rights aren't a panacea, they are two of the most valuable tools we have to make the most of our limited water supplies – and the Desc...
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Episode 3
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52:20
2: Intro to buying and selling water rights with Jamie Morin
Water rights attorney Jamie Morin with Confluence Law, based in Washington state, gives us an intro to buying and selling water rights and buying and selling property with water rights, including key considerations, from explicitly retaining yo...
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Episode 2
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38:52