Water Services and Water Policy in Italy

2008 ◽  
pp. 65-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilberto Muraro
Keyword(s):  
Water Policy ◽  
Water Services

Has widening participation in decision-making influenced water policy in the UK?

Water Policy ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Page
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

This paper addresses public participation in debates over service quality in the water sector in England and Wales. It is argued that just at the moment when the British Government claims to be interested in getting stakeholders to participate in policy debates there are important questions arising about the future of the UK water industry in relation to commercial restructuring and increasing competition. The paper looks at two strategies for fostering public participation. First, it analyzes the structures established in 1989 and reformed in 2002 to represent consumers within the regulatory framework. It is argued that, as the institutions of consumer regulation have evolved, they have adopted fairly traditional strategies for influencing the Government's policy decisions that do not really accord to current theoretical models of stakeholder participation. Second, it analyzes the public consultation exercises run by the Water Services Regulator Ofwat (The Office of Water Services). The conclusions are based on a study of 35 recent consultation exercises carried out by Ofwat. The study analyzed 1250 responses to see which stakeholders were participating in consultation and then used questionnaires to identify how they perceived the consultation process. Most stakeholders were skeptical about the impact of consultation on Ofwat policy. Instead they regarded consultation as one strategy amongst the many which they used to try and steer policy in their own interest.

scholarly journals Irrigated Agriculture and the Cost Recovery Principle of Water Services: Assessment and Discussion of the Case of the Guadalquivir River Basin (Spain)

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfonso Expósito
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Cost Recovery ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Water Services ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Resource Costs ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Guadalquivir River

The Cost Recovery Principle (CRP) is considered by the European Union (EU) water policy as a substantial requirement for economic efficiency, transparency, fairness, and sustainability in the use of water resources. Nevertheless, the implementation of the CRP by EU Member States has encountered significant challenges, both theoretical and practical, especially regarding the accounting of environmental and resource costs related to water use by the agricultural sector. This paper aims to analyse the application of the CRP to the agricultural irrigation sector in Spain, based on the case study of the Guadalquivir River Basin. To this end, an assessment of the financial, environmental, and resource costs (and the corresponding cost recovery rates) of water services related to the irrigation sector was carried out for this specific river basin. Additionally, this study aimed to offer a much-needed discussion on the agricultural “exceptionalism” phenomenon regarding the application of the CRP at the moment when water and agricultural EU policies are being reviewed to guarantee a more sustainable development of agriculture when using such a strategic natural resource.

scholarly journals Zasada zwrotu kosztów usług wodnych i jej znaczenie prawne

2016 ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
Jerzy Rotko
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Community Action ◽  
The Other ◽  
Water Law ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Legal Literature ◽  
German Science ◽  
The One

The new draft Act on Water Law provides for significant changes to the system for collecting environmental charges for water use. Their aim is, on the one hand, to eliminate the existing exemptions from the charges and, on the other hand, to increase their rates for those entities that already incur them. The changes to be introduced are justified by the need to ensure that the principle of recovery of the costs of water services, provided for in Article 9 of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, is fully taken into account. Since the principle has not been extensively analysed in the Polish legal literature, the article addresses closely the directions of its interpretations presented in German science. Most of them refer to the dispute between two authors: Herwig Unnerstall and Süleyman Kolcu. In its conclusion, the provisions of the draft Act concerning this principle are assessed on a preliminary basis and the discerned legislative deficiencies are indicated.

Private sector participation in the Shanghai water sector

Water Policy ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Smooth Path ◽  
Private Sector Participation ◽  
Quality Water ◽  
The Government

This paper explores the extent to which private sector participation has had an impact on Shanghai's water policy since the late 1990s. This study focuses on the private sphere where private companies in the Shanghai water sector have adapted to new changes in political and economic circumstances. Recent findings based on fieldwork and data from 2000 to 2004 disclose that the Shanghai government has been committed to implementing reforms for private sector participation in the water sector. In response, private companies have actively participated in the process of privatisation. Such private sector participation, however, is unlikely to continue on a smooth path unless the Shanghai government establishes adequate legal and regulatory frameworks for private companies. The study concludes that privatisation in the Shanghai water sector will be an unavoidable process for the rationalisation of water services stimulated by the programme of economic reforms initiated in the late 1970s. But this process has been and will continue to be, balanced first by the government's role in regulating privatised water services, second by the contribution of private companies in service provision and third by the continuous interaction between the government and private companies to achieve provision of high quality water in Shanghai.

scholarly journals WATER POLICY IN GREECE: MANAGEMENT AND PRICING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE 2000/60/EC

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
Polytimi Farmaki ◽  
Apostolos Tranoulidis
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Water Pricing ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Municipal Water ◽  
Service Water ◽  
The Status

This paper is related to Greece’s water policy as it was formulated after the incorporation of Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60. We examined the status and evolution of constitutional provisions for the protection and management of water resources spanning from the first Greek Constitution of 1843 up to the current constitutional text of 1975 as formulated in 2008 with the incorporation of its third revision. In parallel, we investigated the Greek water pricing legal framework in accordance with Article 9 "Recovery of costs for water services" of the WFD. We compared the actual rates of water services as set by Municipal Water Supply Sewerage Companies (DEYAs) operating in 11 cities across Greece. The findings reveal that there are considerable problems and delays in the implementation of WFD. Regarding municipal water pricing policies, we concluded that DEYAs do not follow a unified and structured pricing scheme. Furthermore, several companies do not discriminate between data costs either per service (water supply, sewerage) or per use (water supply, irrigation, etc.). Finally, it is evident that none of them has yet adopted the relevant provisions set by the European directive for full cost recovery and water pricing reflecting financial, environmental and water resources costs.

Homeowners’ Preferences for Smart Irrigation Systems and Features

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (5) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Hayk Khachatryan ◽  
Alicia Rihn ◽  
Dong Hee Suh ◽  
Michael Dukes
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Irrigation Systems ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Drought Conditions ◽  
Economics Department ◽  
Irrigation Technologies

Drought conditions make landscape irrigation and reducing water use top-of-mind for many Floridians. Encouraging wise water use is of particular importance to the smart irrigation industry and water policy makers. This 5-page fact sheet written by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Dong Hee Suh, and Michael Dukes and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department pinpoints key attributes and barriers affecting consumers' irrigation purchases and their adoption of smart irrigation technologies. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1080

Editorial: Leave no one behind in rural water services

Waterlines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-70
Author(s):  
Richard C. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Water Services ◽  
Rural Water
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