Freshwater Management in Industrialized Urban Areas

Wang, Young‐Doo; Smith, William J.; Byrne, John; Scozzafava, Michael; Song, Jae-Shuck

doi:10.1201/b11005-27

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“…Seventh, the rates of recovering water supply costs from water charges are employed to represent the extent that a local water supply system recovers water supply costs from levying water charges to its residents. Among several demand‐side management tools, this is considered as one of the most important policy tools that the local governments usually employ to conserve water resources and reduce water consumption (Wang et al ) . As the rates of recovering water supply costs from water charges become close to 100 per cent, residents consume less water, thus contributing to water conservation; that is, the recovery rates from water charges are expected to be negatively associated with the costs of water supply services.…”

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Effects of institutional arrangements in local water supply services in Korea

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Jeong

Moon

2015

Papers in Regional Science

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In Korea, local governments are primarily responsible for providing water supply services to citizens. Since 2004, 15 local governments have contracted this service to the Korean Water Resources Corporation (K-Water). This paper examines the effects of the two different institutional arrangements -direct public delivery versus contracting out to K-Water -on cost savings and productivity. To do so, it employs a hybrid cost function approach and uses the panel data covering the nine years from 2000 to 2008 in local governments. Empirical findings show mixed evidence on the effects of the two institutional arrangements on cost savings and productivity gains. Water supply costs are significantly lower under contracting out than under direct public delivery. However, there are no significant differences in productivity gains between the two institutional arrangements. Local water supply systems need to further reduce the average water supply costs through increasing their size and magnitude. JEL classification: H44, R50, L95, Q25

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“…Demand‐side water management tools include water pricing, public information campaigns for water conservation, utilization of efficient water technologies, water recycling and reuse and direct regulations on water use. For more detailed information, see Coleman () and Wang et al ().…”

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Effects of institutional arrangements in local water supply services in Korea

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2015

Papers in Regional Science

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“…The integration of water and energy sector planning and management can have positive impacts on the economy, environment, energy, and equity (E 4 ). Water and energy conservation improves the E 4 balance, enhancing sustainability, particularly during drought events in urban areas (Smith and Wang 2007, Wang et al 2006). Many of these benefits are interlinked and depend on the extent of the implementation of efficiency improvements that are possible through integration.…”

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“…EPA 1998, Wang et al 2005), together with lowering the cost of management of droughts ( Economy ). The efficient use and reduced wastage of water will lower the amount of energy needed to supply water, in addition to a concurrent reduction in pollution emissions from power plants (Wang et al 2006).…”

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“…Conservation at the tailpipe end stage eliminates all of the “upstream” energy required to bring the water to the point of end use, as well as all of the “downstream” energy that would otherwise be spent to treat and dispose of this water (Cohen et al 2004) ( Energy ). Conserving water and energy increases their availability, which makes it easier to optimize their allocation between competing users (Wang et al 2006), especially during droughts. Successful conservation efforts will reduce conflicts over in‐stream flow rights and competing uses of water, including down stream power generation sectors that are occurring with increasing frequency (Vickers 2000) ( Equity ).…”

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Integrated Policy and Planning for Water and Energy

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2009

Contemporary Water Research

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W e are faced with chronic water and energy vulnerabilities. Some argue that we will face two crises in the 21 st century: a water crisis and an energy crisis (Brown 1998, 2003, Flavin 1999, Feffer 2008. Water will become increasingly scarce as water tables drop due to over-consumption and water quality will continue to deteriorate as a result of excessive contamination. Further, the present energy regime's dependence on non-renewable sources has added considerable stress to the environment, including the prospect of climate change (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007). We are amidst a situation where we could be easily blamed for compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.This paper first briefly describes a need for understanding the integrated considerations of water and energy in resource planning, especially during droughts. After introducing a conceptual framework of the water-energy integration, this paper reviews the results of a national survey of energy and water departments to see how these synergic benefits are explored at the state level. Lessons learned from our case studies serve as useful guidelines for state water-energy planning and program development. Finally, as an example case of the water-energy nexus, the concept of desalination is introduced with its implication on energy demand.

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Enhancing Climate Finance Readiness: A Review of Selected Investment Frameworks as Tools of Multilevel Governance

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This chapter assesses energy, water, and food resource systems based on their inter-and intrasectoral interactions at the institutional level (including private and public activities) and how to achieve security of resource supplies. It identifies key interrelated processes, practices, and factors that underpin integrated resource management (IRM) and their attendant benefits. Applying the E4 framework of energy, economy, environment and equity to identify the main threats to these systems, the chapter evaluates their institutional, political, economic, cultural and behavioral components, and characterizes the forces that drive each of them at different governance scales. The chapter is guided by political economy, economic, and sociological theories that suggest that institutional structures affect economic factors and processes (i.e. production, distribution, and consumption processes). A case study of energy, water and food (EWF) sectors in Delaware is discussed in detail to better understand how these policy and institutional processes occur, which forms they take, and in which ways they define the quality and quantity of EWF resource systems in the State. In order to verify these parameters, E4 framework is considered to evaluate the valency and magnitude of sectoral connections, balance competing needs, and identify policy options that address various trade-offs.

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Freshwater Management in Industrialized Urban Areas

Cited by 5 publications

References 30 publications

Effects of institutional arrangements in local water supply services in Korea

Effects of institutional arrangements in local water supply services in Korea

Integrated Policy and Planning for Water and Energy

Enhancing Climate Finance Readiness: A Review of Selected Investment Frameworks as Tools of Multilevel Governance

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