As water development expands and the resource becomes scarcer, the construction and management of water projects become less a means of adding to aggregate supplies and more a means of allocating supplies among alternative sectors such as irrigation, hous
| Title | Balancing water demands with supplies : the role of management in a world of increasing scarcity |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1993 |
| Authors | Frederick, KD |
| Secondary Title | World Bank technical paper |
| Volume | no. 189 |
| Pagination | vii, 72 p.: 1 fig., 4 tab. |
| Date Published | 1993-01-01 |
| Publisher | World Bank |
| Place Published | Washington, DC, USA |
| ISBN Number | 0821322907 |
| Keywords | administration, desalination, irrigation, legislation, planning, recycling, water conservation, water demand, water management, water quality, water rights, water shortage |
| Abstract | As water development expands and the resource becomes scarcer, the construction and management of water projects become less a means of adding to aggregate supplies and more a means of allocating supplies among alternative sectors such as irrigation, households, industry, and various instream users. That is, a water project becomes a form of demand management. This document examines the experience of OECD countries to assess the relative advantages and disadvantages of voluntary and regulatory approaches for: i. transferring water among alternative uses; ii. encouraging conservation; and iii. protecting instream flows and water quality. |
| Notes | Bibliography: p. 69-72 |
| Custom 1 | 202.6, 276 |
