Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation

Rural regions are often seen as key sources of urban water supply, creating pressure for reallocation and potential hotspots of competition for water between cities and agriculture. How effective and equitable is reallocation from rural to urban re...

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Main Authors: Garrick, Dustin, De Stefano, Lucia, Turley, Laura, Jorgensen, Isabel, Aguilar-Barajas, Ismael, Schreiner, Barbara, de Souza Leão, Renata, O’Donnell, Erin, Horne, Avril
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/383181561530825618/Dividing-the-Water-Sharing-the-Benefits-Lessons-from-Rural-to-Urban-Water-Reallocation
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spelling okr-10986-320502021-05-25T09:25:53Z Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation Garrick, Dustin De Stefano, Lucia Turley, Laura Jorgensen, Isabel Aguilar-Barajas, Ismael Schreiner, Barbara de Souza Leão, Renata O’Donnell, Erin Horne, Avril WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER ALLOCATION WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER USE MUNICIPAL WATER WATER QUALITY EQUITY Rural regions are often seen as key sources of urban water supply, creating pressure for reallocation and potential hotspots of competition for water between cities and agriculture. How effective and equitable is reallocation from rural to urban regions, and what have we learned from the global experience? This synthesis report examines the drivers, processes, politics, and outcomes of reallocation based on a review of the literature and insights from four in-depth case studies where governments have reallocated relatively large volumes of water from rural to urban regions: Melbourne, Australia; Mokopane, South Africa; Monterrey, Mexico; and São Paulo, Brazil. The findings suggest that water reallocation can play an important role in regional development. However, reallocation projects have also been controversial because of distributional conflicts regarding who wins and loses. The concept of benefit sharing, long applied to transboundary river basin management, offers a framework for designing effective and equitable reallocation processes, shifting the focus from dividing the water to sharing the benefits among rural and urban regions. The report identifies seven key lessons for realizing the potential of reallocation and limiting the risks. 2019-07-10T20:37:40Z 2019-07-10T20:37:40Z 2019-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/383181561530825618/Dividing-the-Water-Sharing-the-Benefits-Lessons-from-Rural-to-Urban-Water-Reallocation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32050 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic WATER SUPPLY
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER ALLOCATION
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WATER USE
MUNICIPAL WATER
WATER QUALITY
EQUITY
spellingShingle WATER SUPPLY
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER ALLOCATION
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WATER USE
MUNICIPAL WATER
WATER QUALITY
EQUITY
Garrick, Dustin
De Stefano, Lucia
Turley, Laura
Jorgensen, Isabel
Aguilar-Barajas, Ismael
Schreiner, Barbara
de Souza Leão, Renata
O’Donnell, Erin
Horne, Avril
Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation
description Rural regions are often seen as key sources of urban water supply, creating pressure for reallocation and potential hotspots of competition for water between cities and agriculture. How effective and equitable is reallocation from rural to urban regions, and what have we learned from the global experience? This synthesis report examines the drivers, processes, politics, and outcomes of reallocation based on a review of the literature and insights from four in-depth case studies where governments have reallocated relatively large volumes of water from rural to urban regions: Melbourne, Australia; Mokopane, South Africa; Monterrey, Mexico; and São Paulo, Brazil. The findings suggest that water reallocation can play an important role in regional development. However, reallocation projects have also been controversial because of distributional conflicts regarding who wins and loses. The concept of benefit sharing, long applied to transboundary river basin management, offers a framework for designing effective and equitable reallocation processes, shifting the focus from dividing the water to sharing the benefits among rural and urban regions. The report identifies seven key lessons for realizing the potential of reallocation and limiting the risks.
format Working Paper
author Garrick, Dustin
De Stefano, Lucia
Turley, Laura
Jorgensen, Isabel
Aguilar-Barajas, Ismael
Schreiner, Barbara
de Souza Leão, Renata
O’Donnell, Erin
Horne, Avril
author_facet Garrick, Dustin
De Stefano, Lucia
Turley, Laura
Jorgensen, Isabel
Aguilar-Barajas, Ismael
Schreiner, Barbara
de Souza Leão, Renata
O’Donnell, Erin
Horne, Avril
author_sort Garrick, Dustin
title Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation
title_short Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation
title_full Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation
title_fullStr Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation
title_full_unstemmed Dividing the Water, Sharing the Benefits : Lessons from Rural-to-Urban Water Reallocation
title_sort dividing the water, sharing the benefits : lessons from rural-to-urban water reallocation
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/383181561530825618/Dividing-the-Water-Sharing-the-Benefits-Lessons-from-Rural-to-Urban-Water-Reallocation
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