“…The seventh challenge is that the costs and benefits of local storage, and water in general, are diverse and hard to quantify (Pandey, Soupir, Singh, Panda, & Pandey, 2011;Savenije & Van der Zaag, 2002;WOCAT, 2007). Water can have cultural, environmental, religious and social benefits, of which the perception is personal (Davidson, Hellegers, & Samad, 2009;Garrick et al, 2017). Also, the costs and benefits of extra water to irrigate crops may differ by year and season, due to variations in commodity prices, usage, rainfall and quality, to name just a few (Turner et al, 2004).…”