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Research article
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23 Sep 2015
Research article |
| 23 Sep 2015
Definition of efficient scarcity-based water pricing policies through stochastic programming
Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
M. Pulido-Velazquez
Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
A. Tilmant
Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada
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- Economic Value of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Water Management in Spain’s Jucar Basin A. Escriva-Bou et al. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000735
- Hydro-Economic Modeling of Water Resources Management Challenges: Current Applications and Future Directions J. Ortiz-Partida et al. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X23400039
- Determinants of the price response to residential water tariffs: Meta-analysis and beyond R. Marzano et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.12.017
- Embedding scarcity in urban water tariffs: mapping supply and demand in North Taiwan M. Yuan et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8318-9
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- Response of residential water demand to dynamic pricing: Evidence from an online experiment R. Marzano et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2020.100169
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- Assessment of Smart-Meter-Enabled Dynamic Pricing at Utility and River Basin Scale C. Rougé et al. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000888
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Short summary
One of the most promising alternatives to improve the efficiency in water usage is the implementation of scarcity-based pricing policies based on the opportunity cost of water at the basin scale. Time series of the marginal value of water at selected locations (reservoirs) are obtained using a stochastic hydro-economic model and then post-processed to define step water pricing policies.
One of the most promising alternatives to improve the efficiency in water usage is the...
