Roles of Levies for Sustainable Domestic Water Consumption

Wu, Zhifang; McKay, Jennifer; Hemphill, Elizabeth

doi:10.1007/s11269-010-9734-5

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“…The sentiments around the fairness of the environmental water levy are in keeping with those expressed in Wu et al [50], in which respondents felt that an environmental water levy should be based on the volume of water consumed and not on their property value. Similarly, the findings of Grafton and Ward [6] advocate for higher prices around the volume of water consumed and a lowering of water service fees.…”

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confidence: 70%

Perceptions of Water Pricing during a Drought: A Case Study from South Australia

Willis

Pearce

Mamerow

et al. 2013

Water

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This paper examines the perceptions of urban and regional water consumers in three areas of South Australia on the fairness of the water pricing system, the impact of increases in water pricing on households and pricing as a driver of water conservation. The study was conducted in 2009 during a time of severe drought and mandatory water restrictions. The results did not show a general aversion to all aspects of price increases but rather different sectors of the population were particularly resistant to different, specific aspects of water pricing. A state-wide water pricing policy in South Australia means that all consumers pay the same rate per volume of water consumed regardless of their location; yet in the regional study area, where it costs more for the service provider to supply the water, the respondents had stronger feelings that the price of water should be higher in places where it costs more to supply it. Generally, low income earners were less in favor of a block pricing system than higher income earners. The latter findings indicate a common lack of awareness around various aspects of water pricing. Some implications of the findings for water managers are outlined.

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confidence: 70%

Perceptions of Water Pricing during a Drought: A Case Study from South Australia

Willis

Pearce

Mamerow

et al. 2013

Water

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“…Volumetric billing of water is a practical means of ascribing resource consumption a price for the user, thus shifting from common to particular resource consumption, which discourages excessive usage (Westcott, 2008;Wu et al, 2011). However, volumetric billing cannot be said to internalize all externalities; volumetric billing typically provides the end user with a price that reflects the cost of production and not ecosystem attributes.…”

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confidence: 99%

The transformative effect of the introduction of water volumetric billing in a disadvantaged housing area in Sweden

Mangold¹,

Morrison²,

Harder³

et al. 2014

Water Policy

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Domestic water payment schemes are often a product of their time, place and what is perceived to be customary. Aspects that payment schemes can take into account include resource conservation, equity, maintainability, and profitability. In contemporary Sweden profitable environmentally sustainable solutions are promoted, such as the introduction of volumetric billing of water in rental apartments. This paper describes the detailed consequences of this change in the payment structure for domestic water in terms of reduced resource consumption, direct impact on household economies and perceptions of the system's change process. By combining high-resolution quantitative data on water usage and socio-economic household characteristics with qualitative data from semistandardized interviews with residents, it is possible to identify the different impacts of the system's change and how the process was experienced. It was shown that while water usage decreased by 30%, 63% of the households had increased monthly costs, and unemployed residents were further disadvantaged and closer to social exclusion. Focusing on making environmental sustainability profitable, as posited in ecological modernization theory, may shadow negative impacts on social sustainability.

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“…Industrial water consumption is primarily determined by economic growth, industrial structural adjustments, and technological progress. Existing studies on domestic water use mainly focus on household domestic water use and its influencing factors at the micro level [7,19,21,[29][30][31][32][33]. Research data were always obtained through questionnaire survey, water-use diary, field observation and interview [34].…”

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Domestic Water Consumption and Its Influencing Factors in the Yellow River Basin Based on Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index and Decoupling Theory

Zhao

2022

Sustainability

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In recent decades, water resources shortage has become a global problem, and it is critical to analyse the trend of domestic water consumption and its influencing factors to optimise water resource management, promote the construction of a water-saving society, and realise the sustainable development of resources and the environment. We chose the Yellow River Basin as the study area and analysed the temporal and spatial characteristics of domestic water using water-use data, identified its influencing factors by Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index, and analysed its relationship with economic development based on the decoupling theory. In this study, we found that: (1) Domestic water consumption increased in the Yellow River Basin between 2006 and 2020, with provinces primarily located south of the river. (2) Technical and economic effects were the major factors leading to changes in domestic water use. The technical effect is the major factor inhibiting the increase, whereas the economic effect encourages the increase in domestic water consumption. (3) In the Yellow River Basin, weak decoupling was achieved between domestic water consumption and economic growth, with domestic water consumption at a slower rate than the economic growth rate.

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Roles of Levies for Sustainable Domestic Water Consumption

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Perceptions of Water Pricing during a Drought: A Case Study from South Australia

Perceptions of Water Pricing during a Drought: A Case Study from South Australia

The transformative effect of the introduction of water volumetric billing in a disadvantaged housing area in Sweden

Domestic Water Consumption and Its Influencing Factors in the Yellow River Basin Based on Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index and Decoupling Theory

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