An overview of water sharing and participation issues for irrigators and their communities in Alberta: Implications for water policy

Bjørnlund, Henning; Xu, Wei; Wheeler, Sarah Ann

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2013.09.020

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“…On the other hand, in the United States (California, Colorado and Texas) market mechanisms have been in place longer and trading remains limited (Grafton et al, 2010). Alberta (Canada) is another example where water markets, established in the last decade, have only generated limited trading activity (Nicol & Klein, 2006;Bjornlund et al, 2014).…”

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Factors influencing farmers’ willingness to participate in water allocation trading. A case study in southern Spain

Giannoccaro¹,

Castillo²,

Berbel³

2016

Span. j. agric. res.

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<p>This study aims to uncover the factors that influence farmers’ attitudes towards water allocation trading. In the study, we simulate two water availability scenarios, an average year and a drought year, in a contingent valuation experiment with 241 farmers. A survey was held in the spring of 2012 in the Guadalquivir and Almanzora River Basins. First, we estimated a multinomial logit model to determine the factors that influence farmers to decide to participate in our hypothetical market. We then analysed the structural and socio-economic factors determining the monetary value of traded water using Heckman’s two-step model. Our results indicate that those farmers who are more innovative and have had agricultural training show a higher willingness to participate in water trading. Additionally, low water-supply guarantee and appropriate information about seasonal water availability increase the probability of participation. Higher willingness to pay (WTP) for water is found in horticulture and among farmers who grow citrus and other permanent crops; lower water selling value (WTA) is found in farms with extensive annual crops and traditional olive groves. However, monetary values (WTP/WTA) are strongly dependent on the current cost of irrigation water services. While findings of this research seem to support the idea of diffusion innovation theory, the existence of ethical concerns that might influence farmers’ acceptance of irrigation water markets needs further analysis.</p>

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Factors influencing farmers’ willingness to participate in water allocation trading. A case study in southern Spain

Giannoccaro¹,

Castillo²,

Berbel³

2016

Span. j. agric. res.

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“…Irrigation is targeted for water savings because it provides “the most immediate opportunity for reallocating some water to other water uses or sectors as demand grows” (Cullet, , p. 330). Attempts to examine what drives the behavior of powerful water‐using groups, such as irrigators, and broader public preferences on the acceptability of the costs and benefits of water‐sharing mechanisms have risen as a response to this water reallocation problem (see Bjornlund et al, ; Loch et al, ; Wheeler et al, ). Thus, there are now many studies of attitudes toward and preferences for reallocating water from irrigated agriculture to other uses, particularly the environment (Graham, ; Wheeler et al, ).…”

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“…According to Bjornlund et al (), attempts to introduce water‐sharing policies are often met with opposition, especially from the irrigation sector, but also from other sectors of society. For instance, the debate over water in Australia remains highly polarized to this day: the current plan to reallocate water from irrigators to the environment is one of Australia's most controversial water policies ever implemented (Wheeler et al, ).…”

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Public Attitudes to Inequality in Water Distribution: Insights From Preferences for Water Reallocation From Irrigators to Aboriginal Australians

Jackson

MacDonald

Bark

2019

Water Resources Research

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Water allocation regimes that adjudicate between competing uses are in many countries under pressure to adapt to increasing demands, climate‐driven shortages, expectations for equity of access, and societal changes in values and priorities. International authorities expound standards for national allocation regimes that include robust processes for addressing the needs of “new entrants” and for varying existing entitlements within sustainable limits. The claims of Indigenous peoples to water represents a newly recognized set of rights and interests that will test the ability of allocation regimes to address the global water governance goal of equity. No study has sought to identify public attitudes or willingness to pay for a fairer allocation of water rights between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people. We surveyed households from the jurisdictions of Australia's Murray‐Darling Basin, a region undergoing a historic government‐led recovery of water, and found that 69.2% of respondents support the principle of reallocating a small amount of water from irrigators to Aboriginal people via the water market. Using contingent valuation, we estimated households are willing to pay A$21.78 in a one‐off levy. The aggregate value calculated for households in the basin's jurisdictions was A$74.5 million, which is almost double a recent government commitment to fund the acquisition of entitlements for Aboriginal nations of this basin. Results varied by state of residency and affinity with environmental groups. An information treatment that presented narrative accounts from Aboriginal people influenced the results. Insights from this study can inform water reallocation processes.

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The Australian public’s preferences for further environmental and cultural water recovery options in the Murray-Darling Basin

Zuo,

Wheeler

2024

Journal of Hydrology

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An overview of water sharing and participation issues for irrigators and their communities in Alberta: Implications for water policy

Cited by 10 publications

References 34 publications

Factors influencing farmers’ willingness to participate in water allocation trading. A case study in southern Spain

Factors influencing farmers’ willingness to participate in water allocation trading. A case study in southern Spain

Public Attitudes to Inequality in Water Distribution: Insights From Preferences for Water Reallocation From Irrigators to Aboriginal Australians

The Australian public’s preferences for further environmental and cultural water recovery options in the Murray-Darling Basin

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