A pricing model for water rights trading between agricultural and industrial water users in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenge Zhang ◽  
Haochun Mao ◽  
Huijuan Yin ◽  
Xinwei Guo
Keyword(s):  
Water Rights ◽  
Industrial Water ◽  
Pricing Model ◽  
Water Users

scholarly journals Study on the Pricing of Water Rights Transaction between Irrigation Water Users Based on Cooperative Game in China

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 1672
Author(s):  
Xinjian Guan ◽  
Qiongying Du ◽  
Wenge Zhang ◽  
Baoyong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Game ◽  
Water Rights ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Irrigation District ◽  
Pricing Model ◽  
Transaction Prices ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

China’s water rights transaction is still in the initial stage of development. There is no systematic pricing method for water rights transactions between farmers. This paper puts forward a pricing model of water rights transactions among farmers in water-deficient areas. The price of water rights transaction consists of cost price and earnings price. The earnings price is determined by studying the crop water production function, calculating the crop’s marginal benefit of the two parties, and combining the Cooperative Game Theory. Finally, the pricing model was applied to the water rights transactions among the farmers of Hetao Irrigation District of Bayannaoer City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Results showed that under the A4 trading strategy, the overall income increased without losing the interests of any farmer. The increasing income of the three farmer households N1, N2, and N3 after the alliance was 8.14 thousand dollars, 4.66 thousand dollars, and 20.33 thousand dollars, respectively, and the water rights transaction prices of N3 and N1, N2 were respectively 0.485 $/m³, 0.565 $/m³. It is estimated that the model can provide a scientific basis for water rights trading between farmers and the efficient use of water resources.

Study on the price of water rights trading between agriculture and industry based on emergy theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 2044-2053
Author(s):  
Wenge Zhang ◽  
Li Tan ◽  
Huijuan Yin ◽  
Xinwei Guo
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Water Rights ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Cost Price ◽  
Pricing Model ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Emergy Theory ◽  
The Cost

Abstract A water rights trading scheme in China is currently in its initial stage of development, but is without a complete pricing mechanism. This paper proposes a pricing model for transfers of water rights from agriculture to industry in water-deficient areas of China. Both the cost price and the earnings price are considered and incorporated into the model. The cost price includes construction costs, operation and maintenance costs, renewal and reconstruction costs, and economic compensation for ecological damage. The earnings price is calculated according to a reasonable return coefficient and the difference in economic value of the water resources to the buyer and seller. The value of water resources was estimated based on emergy theory in accordance with the principle of mutual benefits equilibrium. This pricing model is then applied to the transfer of surplus water rights arising from agricultural water conservation schemes to industrial uses in the Southbank Ordos Irrigation Zone of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The results indicate that this pricing model could provide technical support to the scientific and reasonable pricing of water rights transactions in water-deficient areas and that it could play an active role in promoting the healthy development of future water markets.

scholarly journals Influence of Land and Water Rights on Land Degradation in Central Asia

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1242
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Strikeleva ◽  
Iskandar Abdullaev ◽  
Tais Reznikova
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Water Rights ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Production Functions ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Land And Water Rights ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Institutional Aspects ◽  
Technological Challenge

Land degradation is a key issue for Central Asia as an agrarian region. Land degradation in Central Asia is usually seen as a technological challenge and corresponding solutions are associated with the improvement of land-use technology. However, the reality is more complicated and multi-faceted. Institutional aspects of land degradation in the region are more prominent and yet unnoticed. De-linked water and land rights, increased land production functions, water infrastructure degradation, a lack of water-use monitoring, and a lack of knowledge among water users constitute the major institutional aspects of land degradation in Central Asia. This paper looks at the linkages between water and land rights and the main aspects of land degradation. The research was built on a literature review, including internationally funded project reports and in-house investigations.

New Water Agents and Actors in Civil Society

2018 ◽  
pp. 124-142
Author(s):  
Eric P. Perramond
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Water Rights ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Citizen Groups ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Local Water ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Water Issues

New citizen groups, agents, and nonprofits rose to prominence in the late twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries because of water adjudication suits and because the long delays in adjudicating water rights across the state’s basins. These new water nonprofits have helped consolidate and organize a new level of understanding among some of the water sovereigns. New user groups themselves have often imposed new organizational and administrative demands on local water users. Notably, women became more active in water issues across all scales. Ironically, the adversarial and seemingly infinite process of adjudication created new forums for water users to voice their concerns even if they remain advisory in nature.

Abeyta

2018 ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Eric P. Perramond
Keyword(s):  
Water Rights ◽  
Historical Understanding ◽  
Groundwater Pumping ◽  
Indian Water ◽  
Water Users ◽  
The City ◽  
Water Uses ◽  
Court Process ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Taos Pueblo

The Taos Valley (Abeyta) adjudication case illustrates how settlement outside the formal court process led to a more amenable resolution of difficult and adversarial litigation. The Taos adjudication was sparked by a dam that was never built, but the case continued on to sort out water uses in the valley. Taos Pueblo, at the headwaters of most of the major streams in the area, was well placed to negotiate their Indian water rights. Over time, the regional acequias, the Pueblo, the city of Taos, and other interested water users created a tailored water agreement, now in settlement, that was more in line with historical understanding and practices. Concerns remain over groundwater pumping, shortages, and excluded parties.

The importance of irrigation water rights: lessons from South Africa and Tunisia

Water Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 663-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Speelman ◽  
A. Frija ◽  
J. Buysse ◽  
G. Van Huylenbroeck
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Water Rights ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Current Water ◽  
Contingent Valuation Methods

With increasing water scarcity, research on policy options for improved water allocation and governance has become an urgent priority for many developing and developed countries. More and more, the focus is placed on institutional reforms but evaluating institutional alternatives is a challenging task. This paper takes a comparative approach and confronts case study data from Tunisia and South Africa, highlighting the importance of water rights reforms for irrigators. Using contingent valuation methods, the benefits for water users of changes in water rights systems are quantified. In both countries, willingness to pay estimates reveal that, from the farmers' perspective, significant improvements can be made to current water rights systems. This is valuable information for policy makers to guide institutional reforms.

Effects of Water Trading on Main Crops in Beibei District, Chongqing

2013 ◽  
Vol 409-410 ◽  
pp. 119-122
Author(s):  
Wei Hua Zhang ◽  
Jun Ying Jin ◽  
Ya Xin Han
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Water Rights ◽  
Theory Method ◽  
Efficient Allocation ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Water Trading ◽  
Trading Market ◽  
Allocation Method

Water trading is an effective method for efficient allocation of water resources, so it is essential to assess the potential impacts of water trading before the establishment of water rights trading market. The improved water rights allocation method may low down the uncertainty, although there is lots of uncertainty in the water trading for agriculture. This study compared the effects of two-part deployment method on economic profits of main crops by Game Theory method. The results show that water trading may optimally allocate water resources, moreover, the total free market could increase economic profits as far as possible; the more water users participating in water trading, the more profits the water trading can bring.

scholarly journals Study on Water Rights Allocation of Irrigation Water Users in Irrigation Districts of the Yellow River Basin

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 3538
Author(s):  
Xinjian Guan ◽  
Baoyong Wang ◽  
Wenge Zhang ◽  
Qiongying Du
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Water Rights ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
Irrigation District ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Irrigation Districts ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

With the increasingly serious problems of water security and water shortage in the Yellow River Basin, the establishment of a fair and efficient water rights distribution system is an important way to improve water resource utilization efficiency and achieve high-quality development. In this paper, a double-level water rights allocation model of national canals–farmer households in irrigation districts is established. The Gini coefficient method is used to construct the water rights allocation model among farmer households based on the principle of fairness. Finally, the Wulanbuhe Irrigation Area in the Hetao Irrigation District is taken as an example. Results show that the allocated water rights of the national canals in the irrigation district are less than the current; for example, water rights of the Grazing team (4) canal are reduced by 73,000 m3 than before, in which water rights of farmer households 1, 2, 3, and 4 obtain compensation and 5, 6, 7, and 8 are cut by the water rights allocation model and the Gini coefficient is reduced from 0.1968 to 0.1289. The research has fully tapped the water-saving potential of irrigation districts, improved the fairness of initial water rights distribution, and can provide a scientific basis for the development of water rights allocation of irrigation water users in irrigation districts of the Yellow River Basin.

Unsettled Waters

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric P. Perramond
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Water Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
First Century ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Water Law ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Indian Water ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Court Process

Water rights adjudications happen quietly every day across the western United States, sorting Indian water rights, claims by cities, and use by agriculture. This book argues that these state-driven court procedures change what they purport to merely measure and understand about water within state boundaries. Adjudications have unwittingly brought back to the surface old disputes over the meaning of water and access to it. Because of their adversarial court process and identity cleaving between Indian and non-Indian water rights, the state simultaneously faces resistance and friction over water use. Unsettled Waters uses insights from ethnography, geography, and critical legal perspectives to demonstrate the power of local negotiation in water settlements and to examine the side effects of these legal agreements and lawsuits in New Mexico, a state struggling with water scarcity. As the process unfolded in the twentieth century, new expert measures and cultures of expertise developed into an adjudication-industrial complex. These added layers of bureaucracy and technology complicated the state’s view of water. Water users have also pushed back against the state and have used the glacial pace of adjudication to adapt to changes in water law while making new demands. The process will also now have to account for climate-related water supply shifts and unquantified Indian water rights, as well as the demands endangered species and rivers themselves. Adjudication in the twenty-first century may serve a completely different purpose than what it was designed for over a century ago.

City Water, Native Water, and the Unknown Future

2018 ◽  
pp. 145-161
Author(s):  
Eric P. Perramond
Keyword(s):  
Water Rights ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
The State ◽  
First Century ◽  
Santa Fe ◽  
Indian Water ◽  
Pueblo Indian ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Downstream Effects ◽  
City Water

The most challenging adjudications await the state, since the urbanized corridor of the Rio Grande has yet to be adjudicated. Using Santa Fe and its own modest river as emblematic of this twentieth-century legacy, the chapter then discusses what remains unknown, as the cities of Albuquerque and Las Cruces await some formal sorting of their own water rights. Even more problematically, Pueblo Indian water rights along the Rio Grande have not been quantified or addressed in the courts or in settlements. These future Indian water rights will have upstream and downstream effects on cities and the rural non-Indian water users alike. It will also force the state to reconcile the new demands placed on water in the twenty-first century.

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