Water Price Policy and Its Institutional Role as an Economic Instrument for Water Management

The objective of the article is to construct a model to help Chinese government with water policymaking. This paper will take the policy of water price ladder model as an example,respectively pricing for municipal water and industrial water. The strategy of waters price ladder can promote the conservation of water resources.

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Water Price Responsiveness and Administrative Regulation—The Florida Example

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics ◽

10.1017/s0081305200013625 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 137-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gary D. Lynne

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

United States ◽

Fresh Water ◽

Annual Runoff ◽

Water Price ◽

Eastern United States ◽

Aquifer System ◽

Water Legislation ◽

Administrative Regulation ◽

Price Responsiveness

Florida has an estimated 618 trillion gallons of fresh water in the aquifer system. In addition, there is a considerable amount of water in lakes, and annual runoff from streams (and underground aquifer seepage) has been estimated at 40 billion gallons [1, p. 9]. The annual runoff alone is seven times the withdrawal (about 14 percent) and 22 times the consumption (about 5 percent). A curious development has occurred in Florida, however, that would not have been expected by the reviewer of such aggregated figures. The general populace and, as a result, the legislators, became concerned enough with water management and use in the early 1970s to develop and implement sweeping water legislation. The nature of this legislation had not heretofore been observed in the southeast nor, for that matter, almost anywhere else in the eastern United States. The Florida Water Act of 1972 [3] was enacted to deal with localized shortages that were developing in, and have been compounded since, the late 1960s.

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Value the Irrigation Water: A Case Study in Northwest China

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.113-116.2385 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 113-116 ◽

pp. 2385-2388

Author(s):

Zeng Tang

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Irrigation Water ◽

Northwest China ◽

Price Policy ◽

Contingent Valuation Study ◽

Irrigation Water Management ◽

Valuation Study ◽

Market Good ◽

Value Of Irrigation Water

As a non-market good, the value of irrigation water can be approximated by empirical investigations of farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for irrigation water. In this paper, a contingent valuation study on farmer WTP for irrigation water was conducted. With double-bounded bidding, an average WTP of 1021 RMB/ha/yr was found. The perceived value of water is falls short of the costs of irrigation water provisioning. This suggests that the use of irrigation water in Zhangye is not sustainable, and the price policy alone may not serve the purpose of efficient irrigation water management.

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EFICIÊNCIA TÉCNICA E ECONÔMICA DA IRRIGAÇÃO NA PRODUÇÃO DE GÉRBERA DE CORTE EM AMBIENTE PROTEGIDO

Irriga ◽

10.15809/irriga.2019v24n3p569-581 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 569-581

Author(s):

Jéssica Dariane Piroli ◽

Marcia Xavier Peiter ◽

Adroaldo Dias Robaina ◽

Marcelo Antonio Rodrigues ◽

Ricardo Boscaini ◽

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Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Experimental Design ◽

Economic Efficiency ◽

Water Availability ◽

Water Price ◽

Gerbera Jamesonii ◽

Product Price ◽

Retention Capacity ◽

Santa Maria

EFICIÊNCIA TÉCNICA E ECONÔMICA DA IRRIGAÇÃO NA PRODUÇÃO DE GÉRBERA DE CORTE EM AMBIENTE PROTEGIDO JÉSSICA DARIANE PIROLI1; MARCIA XAVIER PEITER2; ADROALDO DIAS ROBAINA3; MARCELO ANTONIO RODRIGUES4; RICARDO BOSCAINI5 E PABLO EANES COCCO RODRIGUES6 1 Eng. Agrônoma, Mestra, Doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Agrícola, UFSM, Avenida Roraima, nº 1000, bairro Camobi, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Email: [email protected] 2 Eng. Agrônoma, Doutora, Professora Associada do Departamento de Engenharia Rural, UFSM, Avenida Roraima, nº 1000, bairro Camobi, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Email: [email protected] 3 Eng. Agrônomo, Doutor, Professor Titular do Departamento de Engenharia Rural, UFSM, Avenida Roraima, nº 1000, bairro Camobi, 97195-000, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil, CEP. Email: [email protected] 4 Eng. Agrônomo, Doutor, Professor do Colégio Politécnico da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Avenida Roraima, nº 1000, bairro Camobi, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria. Email: [email protected] 5 Eng. Agrônomo, Mestre, Doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Agrícola, UFSM, Avenida Roraima, nº 1000, bairro Camobi, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Email: [email protected] 6 Eng. Agrônomo, Mestre, Doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Agrícola, UFSM, Avenida Roraima, nº 1000, bairro Camobi, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Email: [email protected] 1 RESUMO O manejo da irrigação no cultivo de flores é relevante, especialmente em ambiente protegido, onde a produção depende exclusivamente da água da irrigação. O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar, técnica e economicamente, o efeito da irrigação na produção da gérbera de corte em ambiente protegido. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado, com cinco tratamentos, sendo 120%, 100%; 80%; 60% e 40% da capacidade de retenção do vaso, e dez repetições. Foram avaliados os componentes de produção da gérbera de corte, além da máxima eficiência técnica (MET), a partir dos resultados de produção de hastes e a máxima eficiência econômica (MEE), a partir da equação que corresponde à lâmina ótima que maximizou a receita, considerando os fatores de preço de água e preço de produto (hastes). Os resultados mostraram que a disponibilidade hídrica de 80% e 100% é necessária para produzir hastes longas e firmes, o que reflete diretamente na qualidade do produto final. A MET para a produção de gérbera foi observada para a lâmina de 79,3% da capacidade de retenção de vaso e a lâmina de MEE foi de 70,6 mm. Palavras-Chave: Gerbera jamesonii, manejo de água, lucratividade. PIROLI, J. D.; PEITER, M. X.; ROBAINA, A. D.; RODRIGUES, M. A.; BOSCAINI, R.; RODRIGUES, P. E. C. TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF IRRIGATION IN THE PRODUCTION OF CUT GERBERA IN GREENHOUSE 2 ABSTRACT The management of irrigation in flower cultivation is relevant especially in a protected environment, where production depends exclusively on irrigation water. The objective of this work was to determine technically and economically the effect of irrigation on the production of cut gerbera in a protected environment. The experimental design was completely randomized, with five treatments, being 120%, 100%; 80%; 60% and 40% of vessel retention capacity, and ten replicates. The components of production of the cutting gerbera were evaluated, as well as the maximum technical efficiency (MET), from the results of rod production and the maximum economic efficiency (MEE), from the equation that corresponds to the optimum blade that maximized the revenue, considering the factors of water price and product price (stems). The results showed that water availability of 80% and 100% is required to produce long and firm stems, which directly reflects the quality of the final product. The MET for the production of gerbera was observed for the blade of 79.3% of vessel retention capacity and the blade of MEE of 70.6 mm. Keywords: Gerbera jamesonii, water management, profitability.

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‘Overuse-charge’ agricultural water price mechanism in groundwater overdraft areas

Water Policy ◽

10.2166/wp.2021.195 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Wang Xiqin ◽

Zhang Xinyue ◽

Chen Hao ◽

Chen Ying

Keyword(s):

Water Use ◽

Irrigation Water ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Price Policy ◽

Hebei Province ◽

Water Price ◽

Water Volume ◽

Agricultural Water ◽

Groundwater Overdraft ◽

Irrigation Water Use

Abstract The irrigation water price is an indispensable element for the modernization of agriculture and the realization of rural revitalization. As a pilot initiative for agricultural water price reform, Hebei Province has explored various effective patterns. This study analyzed 714 first-hand data points obtained from agricultural irrigation areas in Hebei Province. The ‘two lines and three grades’ water price policy is difficult to implement in practice. The ‘overuse-charge’ includes two levels of water use standards, the water price and reward standards in each level are inconsistent, especially, actual irrigation water use far more than Individual Allowable Water Volume (IAWV). Similarly, there is a negative relationship between irrigation water use and water fees at the critical point of IAWV, that is, the more water used, the less water fees paid. The ‘one line and two grades’ water price policy is proposed. The water volume less than the irrigation quota should be purchased by the government or rewarded farmers, on the contrary, the water price should be increased. It is suggested to improve the installation of irrigation metering facilities, popularization of field water-saving technology and quota management in the groundwater water irrigation region.

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