WATER MARKETS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR CENTRAL WATER ALLOCATION?

the role of agricultural water markets in the allocation and pricing of water resources (case study: mojen water market)

water markets are instrumental in efficient allocation and pricing of scarce water by enhancing allocative and price efficiency of water use. the prerequisites for water market formation are tradable water rights independent from ownership of the land, extensive water canals, water use associations, and adequate market regulations. mojen water market has been facilitating exchange of alternativ...

Hydrodynamic Cavitation: An Alternative Method for Algae Removal from Water Resources

Are Water Markets Maturing

In a mature water market with many active buyers and sellers and with a free flow of information about supply, demand and prices paid, prices should not vary greatly at any given time. Willing buyers should always be prepared to pay the going price set by the most efficient and highest value producing irrigators. This paper will analyse the prices paid in two water markets in Australia and iden...

Water markets as a vehicle for reforming water resource allocation in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia

[1] Water trade and the establishment of water markets continue to gain popularity among legislators as a vehicle for progressing the reform of the water resources sector in Australia. This has manifested itself at the most recent meeting of the Council of Australian Governments, where a range of changes to address the declining health of inland rivers included the strengthening of water proper...

An Electronic Institution for Simulating Water-Right Markets

In countries like Spain, and particularly in its Mediterranean coast, there is a high degree of public awareness of the main consequences of the scarcity of water and the need of fostering efficient use of water resources. Two new mechanisms for water management already under way are: a heated debate on the need and feasibility of transferring water from one basin to another, and, directly rela...