Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation districts
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Incentive Pricing Best Management Practice for Agricultural Irrigation Districts
Author: Irrigation Water Pricing
Author: François MollePublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845932927
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Much hope has been vested in pricing as a means of helping to regulate and rationalize water management, notably in the irrigation sector. The pricing of water has often been applied universally, using general and ideological policies, and not considering regional environmental and economic differences. Almost 15 years after the emphasis laid at the Dublin and Rio conferences on treating water as an economic good, a comprehensive review of how such policies have helped manage water resources an irrigation use is necessary. The case-studies presented here offer a reassessment of current policies by evaluating their objectives and constraints and often demonstrating their failure by not considering the regional context. They will therefore contribute to avoiding costly and misplaced reforms and help design water policies that are based on a deeper understanding of the factors which eventually dictate their effectiveness.
Grow in Concert with Nature
Author: Xiaokai LiPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821395971
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
This report took a case study approach in order to identify key elements of best practice cases to improve water scarcity management under increased uncertainty associated with a changing climate
Agricultural Outlook
Author: Imperial Irrigation District Water Conservation and Transfer Project and Draft Habitat Conservation Plan
Author: Conservation Districts and 208 Water Quality Management ...
Author: William B. DaveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Routledge Handbook of Water Economics and Institutions
Author: Kimberly BurnettPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317916247
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Growing scarcity of freshwater worldwide brings to light the need for sound water resource modeling and policy analysis. While a solid foundation has been established for many specific water management problems, combining those methods and principles in a unified framework remains an ongoing challenge. This Handbook aims to expand the scope of efficient water use to include allocation of sources and quantities across uses and time, as well as integrating demand-management with supply-side substitutes. Socially efficient water use does not generally coincide with private decisions in the real world, however. Examples of mechanisms designed to incentivize efficient behavior are drawn from agricultural water use, municipal water regulation, and externalities linked to water resources. Water management is further complicated when information is costly and/or imperfect. Standard optimization frameworks are extended to allow for coordination costs, games and cooperation, and risk allocation. When operating efficiently, water markets are often viewed as a desirable means of allocation because a market price incentivizes users to move resources from low to high value activities. However, early attempts at water trading have run into many obstacles. Case studies from the United States, Australia, Europe, and Canada highlight the successes and remaining challenges of establishing efficient water markets.
Achieving Efficient Water Management
Author: United States. Bureau of ReclamationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation efficiency
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act of 1991
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental ProtectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Water Supply and Water Scarcity
Author: Vasileios A. TzanakakisPublisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3039433067
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This Book includes selected papers that has been published in the Water journal Special Issue (SI) on Water Supply and Water Scarcity. Moreover, an overview of the SI is included. The papers selected for publication in the SI include review and research papers on water history, on water management issues under water scarcity regimes, on rainwater harvesting, on water quality and degradation, and on climatic variability impacts on water resources. Overall, the issue identify and highlight the main challenges in water sector, and particularly in management and protection of water resources and in use of alternative (non-conventional) water resources, especially in areas with demographic change and climate vulnerability in order to achieve sustainable and secure water supply. Furthermore, general guidelines and possible solutions for an improved and sophisticated water management system are proposed and discussed, such as the adoption of advanced technological solutions and practices that improve water-use efficiency and the use of alternative water resources, to address the growing environmental and health issues and to reduce the emerging conflicts among water users.