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

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