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Water Pricing Experiences and Innovations

  • Describes recent water pricing designs and implementation experiences in various countries
  • Introduces several innovations in water pricing that have been taking place in selected countries
  • Provides a comprehensive and detailed information that can be used by other countries faced with water pricing issues
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Global Issues in Water Policy (GLOB, volume 9)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. Introduction

    • Ariel Dinar, Víctor Pochat, José Albiac-Murillo
    Pages 1-12
  3. Water Pricing Experiences in Selected Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. Water Pricing in Australia: Unbundled Politics, Accounting, and Water Pricing

      • Lin Crase, Nicholas Pawsey, Bethany Cooper
      Pages 15-39
    3. Water Pricing in Brazil: Successes, Failures, and New Approaches

      • Moises de Andrade Resende Filho, Javier Santiago Ortiz Correa, Marcelo de Oliveira Torres
      Pages 41-61
    4. Water Pricing in Canada: Recent Developments

      • Steven Renzetti, Diane P. Dupont
      Pages 63-81
    5. Water Pricing in France: Toward More Incentives to Conserve Water

      • Marielle Montginoul, Sébastien Loubier, Bernard Barraqué, Anne-Laurence Agenais
      Pages 139-160
    6. Water Pricing Experiences in India: Emerging Issues

      • Kuppannan Palanisami, Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Ravinder P. S. Malik
      Pages 161-180
    7. Water Pricing in Italy: Beyond Full-Cost Recovery

      • Antonio Massarutto
      Pages 201-230
    8. Water Pricing in Mexico: Pricing Structures and Implications

      • Hilda Guerrero-Garcia-Rojas, Faustino Gómez-Sántiz, J. Refugio Rodríguez-Velázquez
      Pages 231-247
    9. Water Pricing in the Netherlands

      • Marianne S. Schuerhoff, P. Hellegers
      Pages 249-262
    10. New Zealand Water Pricing

      • Bryan Jenkins
      Pages 263-288
    11. Water Pricing: The Case of South Africa

      • Barbara Schreiner
      Pages 289-311
    12. Water Pricing in Spain: Following the Footsteps of Somber Climate Change Projections

      • Javier Calatrava, Marian García-Valiñas, Alberto Garrido, Francisco González-Gómez
      Pages 313-340
  4. Innovations in Water Pricing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 341-341
    2. Introducing New Mechanisms into Water Pricing Reforms in China

      • Dajun Shen, Xudong Yu, Jian Shi
      Pages 343-358

About this book

Water pricing to achieve conservation in scarce water resources is a major policy challenge. This book provides credible evidence from water pricing experiences in various countries around the world. The book chapters, written by experts in water pricing from various countries, documents the past 10 to 15 years of water pricing experiences in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa and Spain. The book includes also several chapters that review innovations in water pricing in various countries, such as new reform mechanisms, achieving social objectives via water pricing, achieving revenue recovery, water use efficiency and customer equity, and charging the poor.

Reviews

“This edited volume by Dinar, Pochat, and Albiac-Murillo provides the student of water policy with a wealth of information and data. … The book is a timely document. … is probably the best fit for the interested reader who is looking for the specific water policies in a particular country.” (Peter Debaere, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. LIII, December, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, USA

    Ariel Dinar

  • Víctor Pochat Consulting, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Víctor Pochat

  • Department of Agricultural Economics, Agrifood Research and Technology Centre CITA-DGA, Zaragoza, Spain

    José Albiac-Murillo

Bibliographic Information

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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