The Birth of Western Water Market with Founder Kristina Ribellia

Kristina Ribellia is a water entrepreneur who identified a need and created the solution. Take a listen to her interview explaining how she came to the water sector, recognized a need, and built the solution. In this session, you’ll learn about: 

• Kristina’s background
• How Kristina’s time in the water sector allowed her to recognize the need for a more efficient system of water rights transfers in Washington state
• How the idea for Western Water Market got off the ground
• What Western Water Market does
• How Western Water Market connects buyers and sellers of water rights
• Why the transparency allowed by Western Water Market will help allocate water rights more efficiently
• What are some of the policy tools to make water markets more efficient
• How Western Water Market works for leases of water rights
• How Western Water Market is growing and serving the needs of water rights market participants

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include: 

• Kristina’s LinkedIn page
• Western Water Market’s website
• TWV #135: Water Resiliency for the Ag Economy with AQUAOSO’s Chris Peacock
• TWV #106: Alternative Transfer Methods with James Eklund        

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