Pricing of irrigation water under alternative charging methods: Possible shortcomings of a volumetric approach

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1795-1805

  Dono, Gabriele ^a   Giraldo, Luca ^a   Severini, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Linear programming; Regional model; Volumetric pricing; Water framework directive; Water pricing

Indexed keywords

AREA-BASED; COST RECOVERY; ECONOMIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; IN-LINE; IRRIGATION WATERS; MAINTENANCE COST; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEMBER STATE; PRICING METHODS; REGIONAL MODEL; VOLUMETRIC APPROACH; VOLUMETRIC PRICING; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WATER USAGE; WATER USE; WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS;

COSTS; DAMS; DEPRECIATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAM; IRRIGATION; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICING POLICY; VOLUME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77955773251     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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