The water supply is fine: decision‐maker perceptions of water quantity and supply‐side management

Cockerill, Kristan

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“…Our results show that the understanding local decision-makers have of citizens' engagement in drinking water issues is almost unanimous: Citizens are thought not to be interested, and not to engage themselves particularlya result that corresponds with findings in earlier research (e.g. Cockerill 2014;Cockerill et al 2016). Additionally, the public is perceived to have no more than a rudimentary knowledge of how drinking water is managed and where it comes from.…”

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Indispensable, yet Invisible: Drinking water management as a local political issue in Swedish municipalities

Bendz

Boholm

2019

Local Government Studies

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Local policy-makers' incentives to address an issue is conditioned by how they perceive public attention. Our study focuses on drinking water management at the municipal level in Sweden. Provisioning and management of drinking water is a responsibility of the local governments. Interviews with local politicians and public administrators in seven municipalities reveal that local policymakers think that citizens view provisioning of drinking water as a taken for granted service, and also lack knowledge of and interest in drinking water issues. Public attention is further seen as a double-edged sword since engagement in water issues often is a result of problems with water provision. The findings are discussed from a theoretical perspective of the role of agendasetting in public policy. It is argued that the view of policy-makers of citizens as unengaged negatively affects the incentives to bring drinking water to a prominent place on the local policy agenda.

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Indispensable, yet Invisible: Drinking water management as a local political issue in Swedish municipalities

Bendz

Boholm

2019

Local Government Studies

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“…In the past few decades, several countries have shifted their water management strategies from historical supply‐side measures, which require engineering interventions (the development of new water source and supply facilities), to demand‐side measures, which aim to improve water use efficiency (Cockerill, ; Kishore, ; Padula et al ., ; Salman & Mualla, ). However, this study showed that not all of the dominant implementation tools of water conservation taken by the demand‐side measures will lead to the expected outcome: a reduction in water demand.…”

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Human Driving Forces of Oasis Expansion in Northwestern China During the Last Decade—A Case Study of the Heihe River Basin

2016

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Water scarcity is one of the most prominent issues worldwide in relation to sustainable development, especially in arid areas. To gain a better understanding of the trade-off between improving agricultural productivity and maintaining the stability of an oasis ecosystem in these areas, this study took the Heihe River Basin in northwestern China as a case to explore the changes in oasis dynamics and their human driving forces. The results showed that along with the 11·0% expansion of agricultural land, the total water demand for irrigation increased by 6·3% during 2000-2010. Although tremendous economic incentives for farmers spurred the oasis expansion and cropping system changes, the key driving force behind the oasis expansion in the study area was closely related to sufficient irrigation water guaranteed by new water sources (excessive consumption of groundwater and surface water) and water conservation efforts that were the results of the "water-saving society" project (cropping system adjustments and technological improvements in irrigation). This loose regulation of water resource management can be considered to be partially attributable to the ignorance of the ecological value of water resources. Sustainable land use in the study area can only be achieved through the strict regulation of the management of surface water and groundwater resources throughout the basin and the invisible water provided by the water conservation measures.

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“…Available research on decision-makers in the American Southeast also reveals low levels of concern about the water supply (Meindl 2011;Bolson et al 2013;Cockerill 2014). A survey of water managers in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama indicated moderate concern about water system vulnerability to climate change (Bolson et al 2013).…”

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“…A survey of water managers in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama indicated moderate concern about water system vulnerability to climate change (Bolson et al 2013). Cockerill (2014) found that rural North Carolina decision-makers (e.g. elected officials, town planners, and water utility personnel) were only moderately concerned about the future of their water supplies and were confident that they could continue to meet water demand.…”

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Water Quantity Perceptions in Northwestern North Carolina: Comparing College Student and Public Survey Responses

Cooper¹,

Cockerill²

2015

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Understanding behaviors and perceptions regarding water quantity through carefully designed research is a critical component in producing more effective water management policies. Attitudes and perceptions among young people are understudied in the existing pool of water resource research. This study compared perceptions about water quantity between undergraduate college students at Appalachian State University (ASU) and respondents from two surrounding counties in Northwestern North Carolina. Conservation perspectives, behaviors, and concerns were compared between the two samples. Results indicate that respondents in the public sample expressed higher levels of concern about the water supply but lower agreement with regulatory actions like water metering, water usage restrictions, and feeassessments during droughts. Respondents in the student sample were more likely to agree with government restrictions and policies that regulate water usage and indicated a stronger willingness to pay for water conservation measures. Both samples expressed moderate levels of concern about water conservation and future water quantity.

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The water supply is fine: decision‐maker perceptions of water quantity and supply‐side management

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

Indispensable, yet Invisible: Drinking water management as a local political issue in Swedish municipalities

Indispensable, yet Invisible: Drinking water management as a local political issue in Swedish municipalities

Human Driving Forces of Oasis Expansion in Northwestern China During the Last Decade—A Case Study of the Heihe River Basin

Water Quantity Perceptions in Northwestern North Carolina: Comparing College Student and Public Survey Responses

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