Industrialized watersheds have elevated risk and limited opportunities to mitigate risk through water trading

Reddy, Sheila M.W.; McDonald, Robert I.; Maas, Alexander; Rogers, Anthony; Girvetz, Evan H.; Molnar, Jennifer; Finley, Tim; Leathers, Gená; DiMuro, Johnathan L.

doi:10.1016/j.wri.2015.04.001

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“…Trading allows farmers to decide whether to use or sell water (Qureshi & Whitten, 2014) and encourage reallocation to more efficient users (Louw & Van Schalkwyk, 2000). Consequently, the economic costs and losses associated with climate variability can be alleviated (Louw & Van Schalkwyk, 2000;Bjornlund, 2003;Boehlert & Jaeger, 2010;Qureshi et al, 2013a;Qureshi & Whitten, 2014;Reddy et al, 2015;Grafton et al, 2016), and access to water can be assured when transfers are restricted during drought periods (Rey et al, 2016).…”

Section: Economic Impactsmentioning

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“…In severe drought scenarios, water markets can reduce net economic losses if combined with other environmental flow management policies (Boehlert & Jaeger, 2010). On the other hand, in industrialized watersheds, limited impacts on water shortage are expected, as few users would sell water to urban and industrial users during droughts (Reddy et al, 2015). Water markets can mitigate the impacts caused by drought by reducing gross agricultural losses by 14% (Qureshi et al, 2013b) and economic losses by 20% up to 33% (Ward et al, 2006) and improving farmers' income by about 26% (Kahil et al, 2015a).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The water market is an economic instrument for the water allocation among different users, particularly in locations and periods of water scarcity. Although several authors defend the instrument as beneficial for the conservation and efficient use of water resources, other effects, such as issues of equity, sustainability and environmental impacts need to be assessed. This article focuses on identifying the economic, social and environmental impacts of water markets through a review of the literature. The searches were conducted in Scopus and Web of Science bases, where 235 studies were screened. 48 of these studies were included in the review, and most of them report only economic impacts, such as effects on landowners' income, agricultural production and efficiency of water use. On the other hand, social and environmental impacts were poorly evaluated by the studies. Social impacts mainly include issues of distribution of market benefits and access to water and rights. Of the environmental impacts, the effects on the environmental flow of rivers and reservoirs, as well as on the levels in the aquifers, stand out. It is concluded that the literature is still incipient in documenting the impacts of water markets in terms of diversity of effects, and further studies are needed to assess environmental impacts and equity and justice in access to water.

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confidence: 99%

Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of water markets: a literature review

Campanhão¹,

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Ranieri

et al. 2021

Desenvolv. Meio Ambiente

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“…A practical assessment tool, the Water Environment Carry Capacity assessment method (WECC-SDM), was developed by Yang et al (2015) in a study focused on Tieling in Northwest China. The The study conducted by Reddy et al (2015) shows that industrialized watersheds are exposed to a higher level of risk and have fewer opportunities to mitigate these risks through water trading. This is Water Consumption.…”

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Industrialized watersheds have elevated risk and limited opportunities to mitigate risk through water trading

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Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of water markets: a literature review

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