{"title":"The Use of Water Pricing as a Means for Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in Irrigation: Case Studies in Mexico and the United States","authors":"R. G. Cummings, Vahram Nercissiantz","doi":"10.4324/9781351159289-21","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The role of water markets in enhancing irrigation water use efficiency is examined. Questions arise, however, concerning equity effects of water markets. A \"middle ground\" is discussed related to water rights transfers in the western U.S. where a \"brokers\" role for the BuRec is evolving. The result is a marketlike institution wherein gains in efficiency are achieved and third-party interests are protected. Mexico's concerns with equity implications of water transfers might easily be accommodated with this kind of institution.","PeriodicalId":46149,"journal":{"name":"Natural Resources Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"1992-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"61","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Natural Resources Journal","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351159289-21","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The role of water markets in enhancing irrigation water use efficiency is examined. Questions arise, however, concerning equity effects of water markets. A "middle ground" is discussed related to water rights transfers in the western U.S. where a "brokers" role for the BuRec is evolving. The result is a marketlike institution wherein gains in efficiency are achieved and third-party interests are protected. Mexico's concerns with equity implications of water transfers might easily be accommodated with this kind of institution.
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The Natural Resources Journal (NRJ) is published by the University of New Mexico School of Law and is an international, interdisciplinary forum devoted to the study of natural and environmental resources. The Journal is policy oriented, and seeks to overcome the isolation of scholars in various disciplines who are concerned with natural and environmental resources. Interdisciplinary collaboration in solving resource-related problems was a formative principle in the creation of the Journal and, for 50 years, the Journal has been guided by that principle. The NRJ''s contributors come from various disciplines, represent many countries, and provide many approaches to the complex issues raised by the need to balance resource development and environmental concerns. Natural Resources Journal is a member of the National Conference of Law Reviews, Inc.
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