Pricing Irrigation Water : A Literature Survey

As water scarcity and population pressures increase, more countries are adopting water pricing mechanisms, as their primary means of regulating the consumption of irrigation water. The way to allocate water efficiently is to "get the prices right", but how to accomplish this is open to debate. Water pricing methods are sensitive to the social, physical, institutional, and political setting. To assess the costs and benefits of a particular irrigation project, the pricing method must be tailored to local circumstances. The author's survey of the resource economics literature on irrigation services and pricing, will be useful for developing comprehensive guidelines for water policy practitioners. He synthesizes accumulated knowledge about the implementation, and performance of various water pricing methods used over the past two decades: volumetric pricing (marginal cost pricing), output and input pricing, per area pricing, tiered pricing, two part tariffs, and water markets. As water scarcity and population pressures increase, more countries are adopting water pricing mechanisms as their primary means of regulating the consumption of irrigation water. The way to allocate water efficiently is to "get the prices right", but how to accomplish this is open to debate. Water pricing methods are sensitive to the social, physical, institutional, and political setting. To assess the costs and benefits of a particular irrigation project, the pricing method must be tailored to local circumstances. The author's survey of the resource economics literature on irrigation services and pricing, will be useful for developing comprehensive guidelines for water policy practitioners. He synthesizes accumulated knowledge about the implementation, and performance of various water pricing methods used over the past two decades: volumetric pricing (marginal cost pricing), output and input pricing, per area pricing, tiered pricing, two part tariffs, and water markets.

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Autor principal:	Johansson, Robert C.
Formato:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Idioma:	English en_US
Publicado:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2000-09
Materias:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL USES, AGRICULTURAL WATER, AGRICULTURAL WATER SUPPLIES, AGRICULTURAL WATER USE, ALLOCATION OF WATER, ARID REGIONS, BLOCK PRICING, CHANGING WATER DEMANDS, COLLECTION OF WATER, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, COST OF WATER, CROP IRRIGATION, CROP YIELDS, DELIVERY COSTS, DEMAND, DEMAND FOR WATER, DIVERSION, DRAINAGE, ELECTRIC POWER, EQUITABLE ALLOCATION, EVAPORATION, FARMERS, FIXED COSTS, FLOOD CONTROL, FOOD SECURITY, FRESH WATER, FRESH WATER AVAILABILITY, FRESH WATER RESOURCES, INDUSTRIAL USE, INDUSTRIAL WATER, INDUSTRIAL WATER CONSUMPTION, INVESTMENT COSTS, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT, IRRIGATION PROJECT, IRRIGATION SERVICES, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION WATER, IRRIGATION WATER PRICING, IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, MARGINAL COST, MARGINAL COST OF WATER, METER READINGS, OPPORTUNITY COST PRICING, OUTPUT PRICING, PERMITS, POLLUTION, POPULATION GROWTH, PRICE OF WATER, PRIVATE WATER RIGHTS, PROVISION OF SERVICES, PROVISION OF WATER, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC WATER, QUANTITIES OF WATER, RECHARGE, RECYCLING, RIVER BASIN, SCARCE WATER, SCARCE WATER RESOURCES, SERVICE AREA, SUPPLY OF WATER, SURFACE SOURCES, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE WATER, TOWN, WATER AGENCIES, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER ALLOCATIONS, WATER AUTHORITIES, WATER AUTHORITY, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER CHARGE, WATER CHARGES, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER DELIVERY, WATER DELIVERY SYSTEMS, WATER DEMAND, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WATER FEES, WATER FLOW, WATER INVESTMENTS, WATER LAW, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MARKET, WATER MARKETS, WATER METERS, WATER NEEDS, WATER POLICIES, WATER POLICY, WATER PRICES, WATER PRICING, WATER PRICING METHODS, WATER PRODUCTION, WATER PROJECTS, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, WATER RATES, WATER REQUIREMENTS, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RIGHTS, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SERVICES, WATER SHORTAGE, WATER SITUATION, WATER SOURCE, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY ORGANIZATIONS, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER UNIT, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USER ASSOCIATION, WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS, WATER USER ORGANIZATIONS, WATER USERS, WATER UTILITIES,
Acceso en línea:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/09/693037/pricing-irrigation-water-literature-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19785
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