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PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION RULES
Author(s) -
QURESHI M. EJAZ,
QURESHI SUMAIRA E.,
GOESCH TIM,
HAFI AHMED
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
economic papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1759-3441
pISSN - 0812-0439
DOI - 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2006.tb00383.x
Subject(s) - groundwater , sustainability , water extraction , irrigation , water resource management , flexibility (engineering) , water use , environmental science , extraction (chemistry) , natural resource economics , spring (device) , business , economics , engineering , ecology , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , chromatography , mechanical engineering , management , biology
Increased use of irrigation water has imposed stresses on groundwater systems. Declining groundwater levels and spring discharges have heightened water users' concerns about the sustainability of regional economies. Recently there have been initiatives toward groundwater regulation and restrictions on water use have either been implemented or now being proposed. This study investigates the costs imposed on irrigators by restricting groundwater use and the potential for more flexible annual extraction rules that will take account of seasonal variations in rainfall to reduce these costs. The dynamics of the decision‐making process on water use have also been accounted for when irrigators have some flexibility over annual extractions.