John C. Faux

jfaux@tza4water.com

Experience
Mr. Faux has over 20 years experience in water supply planning, water rights analysis, surface water supply modeling, and litigation support. He has gained his experience in the states of Colorado, California, and Utah. He has worked on groundbreaking cases involving transfer of water rights and involving instream flows needed for protection of salmonids. Other projects have included estimating market value of water rights, estimating water yield available to proposed water diversion and storage projects, evaluating adequacy of municipal water supply, formulating and analyzing operating rules for three-party sharing of a storage reservoir, and defending clients in court regarding diversion and storage practice, regarding flood control operations, regarding adequacy of water supply and regarding impacts on other water users. Clients have included municipalities, water districts, irrigation companies, county water agencies, flood control districts, corporations and landowners

Registrations
Professional Engineer in California and Colorado.

Publications
Faux, J. and G. M. Perry. 1999. “Estimating Irrigation Water Value Using Hedonic Price Analysis: A Case Study in Malheur County, Oregon.” Land Economics 75(3).

Faux, J. C., Labadie, J. W. and R. C. Lazaro. 1986. “Improving Performance of Irrigation/Hydro Projects.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 112(2).

Education
M.S., Oregon State University, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1996.

M.S., Colorado State University, Civil Engineering: Water Resources Planning and Management, 1983.

B.S., Utah State University, Watershed Science, Minor: Mathematics, 1979.