Best practice pricing principles and the politics of water pricing

Cooper, Bethany; Crase, Lin; Pawsey, Nicholas

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2014.01.011

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“…Farmers with exchange agreements or water rights generally pay very low prices, and political forces exert a pervasive influence on irrigation subsidies. This can distort agricultural water pricing, where economic factors usually only refer to irrigation infrastructure and maintenance (e.g., Raju et al 2000) and hinder the full cost recovery (Cooper et al 2014).…”

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“…In this sense, we stress that the environmental costs of flow regulation should be included in the total economic assessment of water pricing for agriculture. Our approach offers an intuitive methodology based on user-pay principles and follows Cooper et al (2014) best-practice pricing principles, such as administrative simplicity, transparency, and flexibility.…”

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“…Many past failures in water resources management may be attributable to the fact that the full value of water has not been recognized (GWP, Global Water Partnership 2000). Recognizing the full value of water is important for the rational allocation of water as a scarce resource, whereas charging for water value may represent an economic instrument to affect behaviour towards conservation and efficient water usage (Pérez-Blanco et al 2015), and ensures full cost recovery when environmental costs are properly internalized (Bithas 2006;Cooper et al 2014). Thus, there is a clear need for operational economic instruments that can contribute to sustainable water management.…”

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The Environmental Costs of Water Flow Regulation: an Innovative Approach Based on the ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle

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Water Resour Manage

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The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) explicitly requires the full cost recovery of water services, including the environmental costs incurred from the damage that water uses inflict on the environment. Although flow regulation by river damming is one of the most prominent human impact on fresh water ecosystems its environmental costs are not properly included in water pricing. This paper presents a novel approach to assessing the environmental costs of flow regulation based on the polluter-pays principle. The methodology includes three steps: (i) assessing the admissible range of regulated flow variability, derived from the natural flow regime variability, (ii) estimating the daily environmental impact of regulated flows according to deviations from the admissible range of flow variability, and (iii) calculating the environmental costs of flow regulation. The procedure is applied to four river case studies in Spain, UK and Norway. The advantages over other water cost valuation methods are discussed. The methodology enlarges the current recognition of environmental costs of water use and represents a practical management tool within the WFD context, encouraging transparency and stakeholder communication.

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The Environmental Costs of Water Flow Regulation: an Innovative Approach Based on the ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle

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“…Economists often promote pricing as an effective mechanism for communicating scarcity conditions. Yet, pricing water often is difficult to implement, for political or cultural reasons, and water tariffs can be difficult to modify, once in place [192][193][194]. Nonetheless, it is helpful to consider water prices as a policy option, alongside other interventions, such as water allocations, withdrawal limits, pumping restrictions, rotational deliveries, and cropping pattern restrictions.…”

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Achieving Water and Food Security in 2050: Outlook, Policies, and Investments

Wichelns

2015

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Food production in 2050 will be sufficient, globally, but many of the poor will remain food insecure. The primary cause of food insecurity will continue to be poverty, rather than inadequate food production. Thus, policies and investments that increase the incomes of the poor will remain the best ways to extend food security to all. Investments that promote growth in sustainable agriculture and provide non-farm employment opportunities in rural areas of lower income countries will be most helpful. There will be sufficient water, globally, to achieve food production goals and sustain rural and urban livelihoods, if we allocate and manage the resource wisely. Yet, water shortages will constrain agricultural production and limit incomes and livelihood opportunities in many areas. Policies and investments are needed to extend and ensure access to water for household use and agricultural production. Challenges requiring the attention of policy makers and investors include increasing urbanization and increasing demands for land and water resources. Policy makers must ensure that farmers retain access to the water they need for producing food and sustaining livelihoods, and they must create greater opportunities for women in agriculture. They must also motivate investments in new technologies that will enhance crop and livestock production, particularly for smallholders, and encourage the private sector to invest in activities that create employment opportunities in rural areas.

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“…Thus, this discussion is marked by a "good governance" to promote efficiency and enhance sustainability [30]. The public policy, therefore, requires to involve the actors who participate in it [31], in this way, we try to correct the deficiencies in the management caused by the non-participatory policy [32]. On the other hand, this framework requires heterogeneous policies adapted to the social conditions [33].…”

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Water Management: Collective Organization, Local Demands and Water Avalilability. A Review

2017

IJAERD

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Best practice pricing principles and the politics of water pricing

Cited by 34 publications

References 12 publications

The Environmental Costs of Water Flow Regulation: an Innovative Approach Based on the ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle

The Environmental Costs of Water Flow Regulation: an Innovative Approach Based on the ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle

Achieving Water and Food Security in 2050: Outlook, Policies, and Investments

Water Management: Collective Organization, Local Demands and Water Avalilability. A Review

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