Integrating Water Management Instruments to Reconcile a Hydro‐Economic Water Allocation Strategy With Other Water Preferences

Dalcin, Ana Paula; Marques, Guilherme Fernandes

doi:10.1029/2019wr025558

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“…A couple of publications demonstrate the use of HEMs to address transboundary river water sharing disputes [174,175] by introducing benefit-sharing arrangements to the analysis and developing a continental-level HEM [176].…”

Section: Valuation Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges to Water Resource Management—Role of Economic and Modeling Approaches

Dinar

2024

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The field of water management is continually changing. Water has been subject to external shocks in the form of climate change and globalization. Analysis of water management is subject to disciplinary developments and inter-disciplinary interactions. Are these developments well documented in the literature? Initial observations on interdisciplinary literature suggest that results are fragmented, implying that a state-of-the-art review is needed. The objective of this paper is to close this gap by reviewing recent developments in water economics that address the increasing perceptions of water scarcity by looking first at changes in supply and quality of water, and then at impacts of climate change on water extremes. Among responses to such challenges, the paper identifies changes to water use patterns by including and co-managing water from different sources—surface and groundwater, wastewater, and desalinated water. Technological advancements also are among the resources that address water challenges. Water challenges reflect also on management of internationally shared water. A recent surge in scientific work identified international treaties as playing a significant role in water management. The paper reviews recently employed economic tools, such as experimental economics, game theory, institutional economics, and valuation methods. And finally, it explores modeling approaches, including hydro-economic and computable general equilibrium models that are being used to deal with water challenges.

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Section: Valuation Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges to Water Resource Management—Role of Economic and Modeling Approaches

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2024

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“…Finally, water permits and allocations disregard the impact of present decisions on future water demands and availability, having little connection with other development policies and even water management instruments, such as the water resources plans (Dalcin & Marques, 2020). The large number of users, many using water without permits, combined with limited oversight and monitoring by the Water Management Authorities, leads to error in determining available water for new permits, reducing reliability and trust.…”

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Water Resources Allocation and Agriculture

Rouillard

Babbitt

Challies

et al. 2022

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The book brings together a range of leading scholars and practitioners to compile an international account of water allocation policies supporting a transition to sustainable water use in regions where agriculture is the dominant water use. In Section 1, the collection canvasses five key crosscutting issues shaping the challenge of sustainable water allocation policy, such as legal and economic perspectives, the role of politics, the contributions of engineering and technology, the setting of environmental flows, and the importance of indigenous rights. Section 2 presents 16 national, state and transboundary case studies of water allocation policy, covering cases from Europe, the Americas, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific region. These case studies highlight novel and innovative elements of water allocation regimes, which respond to the cross-cutting issues addressed in Section 1, as well as local challenges and social and environmental imperatives. The book provides a comprehensive account of water allocation in a range of international settings and provides a reference point for practitioners and scholars worldwide wishing to draw on the latest advances on how to design and implement sustainable water allocation systems. ISBN: 9781789062779 (print) ISBN: 9781789062786 (eBook) ISBN: 9781789062793 (ePUB)

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“…In recent years, significant progress has been made in the field of water resource allocation, owing to advancements in scientific and technological domains. The goal of water resource allocation, which was previously aimed solely at achieving economic benefits, has now been expanded to include multiple objectives [24][25][26][27]. However, most research has focused on the optimal allocation of water resources from the perspective of water distribution, with fewer studies considering water quality.…”

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Joint Optimization of Urban Water Quantity and Quality Allocation in the Plain River Network Area

Zhao,

Fang,

Wang

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Cities located in the plain river network area possess abundant water resources. However, due to urbanization and industrialization, there is a severe water shortage problem caused by poor water quality. To overcome this issue, a multi-objective optimal allocation model of water quantity and quality is proposed. The model considers regional water resources, economic, social, and environmental requirements and uses the NSGA-II genetic algorithm for model solution. Furthermore, to evaluate and analyze the degree of spatial equilibrium of regional water resources and how it relates to economic factors, the study uses the spatial equilibrium theory of water resources and the Gini coefficient of water resources. Jingjiang, a city in Jiangsu Province characterized by a typical plain river network area, was selected as the study area. The results of the optimal allocation of water resources in Jingjiang City show that: (1) total water consumption and chemical oxygen demand (COD) emissions for the current planning period are within their respective limits. In addition, the implementation of the water conservation program has resulted in a 5% reduction in total water shortages and a reduction of COD emissions by 1276 tons, (2) the structure of the water supply in Jingjiang City has been optimized; more than 90% of Ⅳ~V surface water is used for agriculture, and the domestic water supply is mainly from transit water, which effectively ensures that high-quality water is used in the domestic water supply, (3) the spatial equilibrium coefficient of water resources per sub-area is between 0.33 and 0.74, indicating an unbalanced or almost unbalanced level. The application of a water conservation program has resulted in the improvement of the spatial equilibrium level of water resources in each sub-area, with an overall spatial equilibrium of 0.64, indicating a more balanced level; the degree of matching of water resources with population, GDP, and land area is at the matching level, (4) according to the Gini coefficient of the distribution of water resources, the plains river network area displays a better match between water resources and economic and social factors of each water receiving area, thanks to its unique geographical location and natural conditions. This study can serve as a decision-making reference for addressing the urban water quality water shortage problem in the plain river network area.

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Integrating Water Management Instruments to Reconcile a Hydro‐Economic Water Allocation Strategy With Other Water Preferences

Cited by 17 publications

References 46 publications

Challenges to Water Resource Management—Role of Economic and Modeling Approaches

Challenges to Water Resource Management—Role of Economic and Modeling Approaches

Water Resources Allocation and Agriculture

Joint Optimization of Urban Water Quantity and Quality Allocation in the Plain River Network Area

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