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One of the early set of reforms that South Africa embarked on after emerging from apartheid was in the water sector, following a remarkable, consultative process. The policy and legal reforms were comprehensive and covered almost all aspects of water management including revolutionary changes in defining and allocating rights to water, radical reforms in water management and supply institutions, the introduction of the protection of environmental flows, and major shifts in charging for water use and in the provision of free basic water. Over ten years of implementation of these policy and legislative changes mean that valu­able lessons have already been learned and useful experiences gained in the challenge of effective water resources management and water services provision in a middle income country. Transforming Water Management in South Africa analyses and documents these experiences for the benefit of water managers and policy makers in the country, the developing world and the international community at large.

Water resources development -- South Africa. --- Water-supply -- Government policy -- South Africa. --- Water-supply -- South Africa -- Management. --- Business & Economics --- Agricultural Economics --- Economic History --- Water resources development --- Water-supply --- Watersheds --- Municipal water supply --- Watershed management --- Government policy --- Law and legislation --- Watershed development --- Cities and towns --- Urban water --- Water, Municipal --- Water, Urban --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Management --- Environmental management. --- Environmental law. --- Environmental policy. --- Sustainable development. --- Development economics. --- Agricultural economics. --- Environmental economics. --- Economics. --- Environmental Economics. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Agricultural Economics. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Sustainable Development. --- Development Economics. --- Ecosystem management --- Municipal engineering --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water utilities --- Energy development --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Agriculture --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- Economics --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences

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"The pressure on an already stressed water situation in South Africa is predicted to increase significantly under climate change, plans for large industrial expansion, observed rapid urbanization, and government programs to provide access to water to millions of previously excluded people. The present study employed a general equilibrium approach to examine the economy-wide impacts of selected macro and water related policy reforms on water use and allocation, rural livelihoods, and the economy at large. The analyses reveal that implicit crop-level water quotas reduce the amount of irrigated land allocated to higher-value horticultural crops and create higher shadow rents for production of lower-value, water-intensive field crops, such as sugarcane and fodder. Accordingly, liberalizing local water allocation in irrigation agriculture is found to work in favor of higher-value crops, and expand agricultural production and exports and farm employment. Allowing for water trade between irrigation and non-agricultural uses fueled by higher competition for water from industrial expansion and urbanization leads to greater water shadow prices for irrigation water with reduced income and employment benefits to rural households and higher gains for non-agricultural households. The analyses show difficult tradeoffs between general economic gains and higher water prices, making irrigation subsidies difficult to justify. "--World Bank web site.

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Sustainable development --- Water-supply --- Water quality management --- Water resources development --- Développement durable --- Eau --- Ressources en eau --- Management. --- Approvisionnement --- Gestion --- Qualité --- Exploitation --- Ressource en eau --- Water resources --- Gestion des eaux --- water management --- Pays en développement --- Developing countries --- Conservation de l'eau --- Water conservation --- Utilisation de l'eau --- Water use --- Gouvernance --- Governance --- Sécurité alimentaire --- food security --- Eau d'irrigation --- Irrigation water --- Eau potable --- Drinking water --- Développement durable --- Qualité --- Sustainable development -- Africa. --- Water quality management -- Africa. --- Water resources development -- Africa. --- Water-supply -- Africa -- Management.

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One of the early set of reforms that South Africa embarked on after emerging from apartheid was in the water sector, following a remarkable, consultative process. The policy and legal reforms were comprehensive and covered almost all aspects of water management including revolutionary changes in defining and allocating rights to water, radical reforms in water management and supply institutions, the introduction of the protection of environmental flows, and major shifts in charging for water use and in the provision of free basic water. Over ten years of implementation of these policy and legislative changes mean that valu­able lessons have already been learned and useful experiences gained in the challenge of effective water resources management and water services provision in a middle income country. Transforming Water Management in South Africa analyses and documents these experiences for the benefit of water managers and policy makers in the country, the developing world and the international community at large.

Economic conditions. Economic development --- Developing countries: economic development problems --- Economics --- Environmental law --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Agronomy --- Production management --- economie --- landbouwbeleid --- ontwikkelingssamenwerking --- milieubeleid --- milieuzorg --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- milieurecht --- milieupolitiek --- South Africa

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Methodology of economics --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Accountancy --- South Africa