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The world is currently experiencing unprecedented global change, with population increase, urbanisation, climate change and environmental degradation combining to make management of freshwater resources a critical policy focus of the twenty-first century. This timely book designs and develops an original, analytical framework for water law reform processes, using case studies across four jurisdictions. Addressing the four principal areas of water law - integrated water resource management (IWRM) and river basin planning, water rights and allocation, water pollution and quality, and water services - this book provides a comprehensive study of water law, within the context of global and regional policy agendas. Case studies from England, Scotland, South Africa and Queensland, Australia, are presented, providing comparators from both common law and mixed jurisdictions, from the northern and southern hemispheres, and from developed and developing countries. A legislative framework is proposed for water law reform processes, and the consequences of different reform options are considered and investigated. A valuable resource for academics and graduate students in environmental law, resource management, hydrology and social science, this book is also highly relevant to policymakers, NGOs and legal practitioners.

Water --- Water resources development --- Water rights (International law) --- Water-supply --- Water transfer --- Integrated water development. --- Law reform. --- Legal reform --- Integrated development of water resources --- Water development, Integrated --- Water conservation --- Water use --- Transfer of water --- Water export --- Water transportation --- International law --- Law and legislation. --- Government policy. --- Laws and legislation

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Water scarcity is not exclusively a concern of the poor. Developed countries are increasingly facing problems related to higher per capita consumption and pollution so that enhancing the efficiency of the water supply ranks among the main global challenges of the future. The necessary improvements are not only a matter of technical progress but also of institutional design. Using tools of modern industrial economics, Urs Meister examines the effects of privatisation and competition in the piped water industry. Considering the two main approaches for competition in an industry with natural monopoly character, common carriage (interconnection) and franchise bidding (auctions), he analyses costs, retail prices and investment. Such analysis shows that competition may be a valuable opportunity to improve the efficiency of water supply.

Water transfer. --- Water-supply. --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Transfer of water --- Water export --- Water transportation --- Water-supply --- Globalization. --- Business. --- Emerging Markets/Globalization. --- Business and Management, general. --- Trade --- Economics --- Management --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Markets. --- Management science. --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Public markets --- Fairs --- Market towns

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Markets for Water: Potential and Performance dispels many of the myths surrounding water markets and gives readers a comprehensive picture of the way that markets have developed in different parts of the world. It is possible, for example, for a water market to fail, and for the transaction costs in water markets to be excessive. Too often water trading is banned because the water resources have been developed with public funds and the water agencies do not want to lose control over water. There is also a concern that poor farmers or households will be disadvantaged by water trading. These concerns about public resources and the poor are not very different from those that have been voiced in the past about land sales. The problem is that in many cases the poor already have limited access to resources, but this limit is not due to water trading. In fact, water trading is likely to expand the access to water for many small-scale farmers. Markets for Water: Potential and Performance provides an analytical framework for water market establishment. It develops the necessary conditions for water markets and illustrates how they can improve both water management and economic efficiency. Finally, the book gives readers an up-to-date picture of what we have learned about water markets in a wide range of countries, from the US to Chile and India.

Water banking --- Water rights --- Water transfer --- Water-supply --- Economic aspects --- Economics. --- Environmental management. --- Environmental economics. --- Economics, general. --- Environmental Management. --- Environmental Economics. --- Management science. --- Economics --- Environmental quality --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Environmental aspects --- Transfer of water --- Water export --- Water transportation --- Rights, Water --- Water --- Riparian rights --- Water trusts --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Law and legislation

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An ecosystem in freefall, a shrinking water supply for cities and agriculture, an antiquated network of failure-prone levees-this is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the major hub of California's water system. Written by a team of independent water experts, this analysis of the latest data evaluates proposed solutions to the Delta's myriad problems. Through in-depth economic and ecological analysis, the authors find that the current policy of channeling water exports through the Delta is not sustainable for any interest. Employing a peripheral canal-conveying water around the Delta instead of through it-as part of a larger habitat and water management plan appears to be the best strategy to maintain both a high-quality water supply and at the same time improve conditions for native fish and wildlife. This important assessment includes integrated analysis of long term ecosystem and water management options and demonstrates how issues such as climate change and sustainability will shape the future.Published in cooperation with the Public Policy Institute of California

Delta Region (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions. --- Environmental management -- California -- Delta Region. --- Estuarine ecology -- California -- Delta Region. --- Water diversion -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Delta Region -- Forecasting. --- Water quality management -- California -- Delta Region. --- Water-supply -- California -- Delta Region -- Forecasting. --- Water-supply -- California -- Delta Region -- Management. --- River engineering --- Water transfer --- Environmental Engineering --- Hydraulic Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Delta Region (Calif.) --- Environmental conditions. --- Water quality management --- Estuarine ecology --- Water-supply --- Water diversion --- Environmental management --- Forecasting. --- Environmental aspects --- Management. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Diversion of water --- Estuaries --- Water quality --- Water quality control --- Ecology --- Management --- Sacramento River (Calif.) --- Sacramento River Delta (Calif.) --- Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Calif.) --- San Joaquin River (Calif.) --- San Joaquin River Delta (Calif.) --- San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta (Calif.) --- Delta --- Engineering, River --- Hydraulic engineering --- Water resources development --- Transfer of water --- Water export --- Water transportation --- Flood control --- Water use --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water utilities --- Brackish water ecology --- Sewage disposal --- Water conservation --- Environmental sciences --- Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary (Calif.) --- Sacramento River Estuary (Calif.) --- San Joaquin River Estuary (Calif.) --- San Joaquin-Sacramento Estuary (Calif.)