Developing a water market readiness assessment framework

Wheeler, Sarah Ann; Loch, Adam; Crase, Lin; Young, Michael D.; Grafton, R. Quentin

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.07.010

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“…Future research should consider other social conditions such as water pricing, water use accounting, and water rights registration systems (Bakker 2005, Garrick et al 2013, Wheeler et al 2017. In addition, a water market needs to be evaluated using both efficiency and equality criteria before implementation.…”

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“…Finally, it is necessary to mention a few limitations of this paper. Although we only discussed legal conditions, future research studies should consider other social-science factors such as water pricing that reflects the cost of transportation (Bakker 2005), water use accounting, an immediate identification system between buyers and sellers (Garrick et al 2013), water rights registration systems, and the enforcement of water rights (Wheeler et al 2017). Where these factors are not satisfied, a water market will not work well due to high transaction costs.…”

Section: Areas Where Water Markets Are Potentially Applicablementioning

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Are water markets globally applicable?

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Water scarcity is a global concern that necessitates a global perspective, but it is also the product of multiple regional issues that require regional solutions. Water markets constitute a regionally applicable non-structural measure to counter water scarcity that has received the attention of academics and policy-makers, but there is no global view on their applicability. We present the global distribution of potential nations and states where water markets could be instituted in a legal sense, by investigating 296 water laws internationally, with special reference to a minimum set of key rules: legalization of water reallocation, the separation of water rights and landownership, and the modification of the cancellation rule for non-use. We also suggest two additional globally distributed prerequisites and policy implications: the predictability of the available water before irrigation periods and public control of groundwater pumping throughout its jurisdiction.

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Section: Areas Where Water Markets Are Potentially Applicablementioning

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Are water markets globally applicable?

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Yoshikawa

et al. 2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…One of the main reasons for this ongoing conflict over environmental sustainability versus irrigation sustainability is that many areas within the Riverina, similar to many others across Australia, face serious socioeconomic challenges, which are considered by many to be exacerbated by water reform processes. On the other hand, equally water reform processes could improve community sustainability in the long‐term (Wheeler et al, ). As shown in Table , many local government areas in the region, particularly those with smaller populations, experienced population decline during much of 1996–2016, particularly during the years coinciding with the Millennium drought.…”

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Quantifying an Integral Ecology Framework: A Case Study of the Riverina, Australia

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Communities in Australia's Murray‐Darling Basin face the challenge of trying to achieve social, economic, and environmental sustainability; but experience entrenched conflict about the best way to achieve a sustainable future, especially for small rural communities. Integral ecology is a philosophical concept that seeks to address community, economic, social, and environmental sustainability simultaneously. Its inclusive processes are designed to reduce stakeholder conflict. However, to date the application of the integral ecology concept has been largely qualitative in nature. This study developed a quantitative integral ecology framework, and applied this framework to a case study of the Riverina, in the Murray‐Darling Basin. Seventy‐seven community‐focused initiatives were assessed, ranked, and quantified. The majority of the community‐focused ranked initiatives did not exhibit all aspects of integral ecology. Initiatives typically prioritized either (1) economic and community development or (2) environmental health; rarely both together. The integral ecology framework developed here enables recommendations on future community initiatives and may provide a pathway for community leaders and other policy‐makers to more readily apply integral ecology objectives. Further research refining the framework's operationalization, application and implementation to a wider‐scale may enhance communities' capacity to develop and grow sustainably.

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“…in improving the way water resources are managed (See, for example, Wheeler et al 2017;Young and McColl, 2005;Tang, 1992 andBruns et al 2005). As Ostrom has reasoned, no-one should expect to discover a 'one size fits all' water-sharing system (Ostrom, 2010).…”

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Towards a Set of Guidelines for the Development of Robust Water-sharing Systems

Young¹

2019

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A framework for the review of existing water management systems and their transformation into robust water sharing systems is offered. The framework focuses on the need to develop efficient and equitable ways to manage water scarcity and plan to deal with the tensions scarcity imposes on any community. The framework identifies a way to bring together traditional community-managed systems with those typically used to allocate water to large water users and more commonly found in developed countries. So that use can be kept within sustainable limits while optimizing use, the framework includes mechanisms that enable the reallocation of water as demand and supply conditions change. Non-consumptive uses are recognized and environmental objectives can be delivered efficiently. Compliance with well-established accounting and hydro-logical concepts. Ways to increase the value of existing entitlements, encourage innovation and protect investments are included as options. It is recognized that the governance and legal arrangements necessary to underpin successful implantation are context specific.

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Developing a water market readiness assessment framework

Cited by 89 publications

References 30 publications

Are water markets globally applicable?

Are water markets globally applicable?

Quantifying an Integral Ecology Framework: A Case Study of the Riverina, Australia

Towards a Set of Guidelines for the Development of Robust Water-sharing Systems

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