Johansson, Robert C.2014-08-272014-08-272000-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19785As water scarcity and population pressures increase, more countries are adopting water pricing mechanisms, as their primary means of regulating the consumption of irrigation water. The way to allocate water efficiently is to "get the prices right", but how to accomplish this is open to debate. Water pricing methods are sensitive to the social, physical, institutional, and political setting. To assess the costs and benefits of a particular irrigation project, the pricing method must be tailored to local circumstances. The author's survey of the resource economics literature on irrigation services and pricing, will be useful for developing comprehensive guidelines for water policy practitioners. He synthesizes accumulated knowledge about the implementation, and performance of various water pricing methods used over the past two decades: volumetric pricing (marginal cost pricing), output and input pricing, per area pricing, tiered pricing, two part tariffs, and water markets. As water scarcity and population pressures increase, more countries are adopting water pricing mechanisms as their primary means of regulating the consumption of irrigation water. The way to allocate water efficiently is to "get the prices right", but how to accomplish this is open to debate. Water pricing methods are sensitive to the social, physical, institutional, and political setting. To assess the costs and benefits of a particular irrigation project, the pricing method must be tailored to local circumstances. The author's survey of the resource economics literature on irrigation services and pricing, will be useful for developing comprehensive guidelines for water policy practitioners. He synthesizes accumulated knowledge about the implementation, and performance of various water pricing methods used over the past two decades: volumetric pricing (marginal cost pricing), output and input pricing, per area pricing, tiered pricing, two part tariffs, and water markets.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL USESAGRICULTURAL WATERAGRICULTURAL WATER SUPPLIESAGRICULTURAL WATER USEALLOCATION OF WATERARID REGIONSBLOCK PRICINGCHANGING WATER DEMANDSCOLLECTION OF WATERCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCOST OF WATERCROP IRRIGATIONCROP YIELDSDELIVERY COSTSDEMANDDEMAND FOR WATERDIVERSIONDRAINAGEELECTRIC POWEREQUITABLE ALLOCATIONEVAPORATIONFARMERSFIXED COSTSFLOOD CONTROLFOOD SECURITYFRESH WATERFRESH WATER AVAILABILITYFRESH WATER RESOURCESINDUSTRIAL USEINDUSTRIAL WATERINDUSTRIAL WATER CONSUMPTIONINVESTMENT COSTSIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATION PROJECTIRRIGATION SERVICESIRRIGATION SYSTEMSIRRIGATION WATERIRRIGATION WATER PRICINGIRRIGATION WATER SUPPLYMANAGEMENT OF WATERMARGINAL COSTMARGINAL COST OF WATERMETER READINGSOPPORTUNITY COST PRICINGOUTPUT PRICINGPERMITSPOLLUTIONPOPULATION GROWTHPRICE OF WATERPRIVATE WATER RIGHTSPROVISION OF SERVICESPROVISION OF WATERPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC WATERQUANTITIES OF WATERRECHARGERECYCLINGRIVER BASINSCARCE WATERSCARCE WATER RESOURCESSERVICE AREASUPPLY OF WATERSURFACE SOURCESSURFACE WATERSUSTAINABLE WATERTOWNWATER AGENCIESWATER ALLOCATIONWATER ALLOCATIONSWATER AUTHORITIESWATER AUTHORITYWATER AVAILABILITYWATER CHARGEWATER CHARGESWATER CONSERVATIONWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER DELIVERYWATER DELIVERY SYSTEMSWATER DEMANDWATER DISTRIBUTIONWATER FEESWATER FLOWWATER INVESTMENTSWATER LAWWATER MANAGEMENTWATER MARKETWATER MARKETSWATER METERSWATER NEEDSWATER POLICIESWATER POLICYWATER PRICESWATER PRICINGWATER PRICING METHODSWATER PRODUCTIONWATER PROJECTSWATER QUALITYWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENTWATER RATESWATER REQUIREMENTSWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER RIGHTSWATER SCARCITYWATER SERVICESWATER SHORTAGEWATER SITUATIONWATER SOURCEWATER SUPPLIESWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY ORGANIZATIONSWATER SYSTEMSWATER UNITWATER USEWATER USERWATER USER ASSOCIATIONWATER USER ASSOCIATIONSWATER USER ORGANIZATIONSWATER USERSWATER UTILITIES10.1596/1813-9450-2449