Water Pricing for a Dry Future: Pricing Policies from Abroad and Their Relevance to California
Ariel Dinar and David Zilberman
from ARE Update Vol. 19, No. 5, May/June, 2016
Abstract
It is raining again in California. How long will it last and how effective will it be in addressing the long-term water scarcity that the state faces? We live in a water-scarce, drought-prone state and this fact has to be taken into account in shaping water conservation policy. At a recent water-pricing workshop, co-sponsored by the Giannini Foundation, leading scholars from several countries presented case studies. These illustrated how water-pricing mechanisms have been used creatively throughout the world for promotion of water conservation under water-scarce situations.
Keywords
drought, water scarcity, environment, irrigation, household water consumption, groundwater
Citation
Ariel Dinar and David Zilberman. 2016. "Water Pricing for a Dry Future: Pricing Policies from Abroad and Their Relevance to California." ARE Update 19(5): 1-4. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1466102621/17396/