Water charge, the Cyprus experience

Tsiourtis, N.X.

Water charge, the Cyprus experience

2002

Tsiourtis, N.X. (Water Development Dept., Nicosia (Cyprus))

This report will discuss in great extend, why we must impose water charges, under what conditions water charges are effective, the various methods of water costing using capital cost, O&M costs, the environmental cost and the resource depletion cost, the requirements of an effective irrigation water charge, the legal and institutional framework, the macro-policies that the irrigation project governing bodies must adopt, the factors, criteria and the guidelines to be used for setting the appropriate water charges. The Cyprus experience on water costing and water charging for irrigation water shall be presented.

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AGROVOC Keywords

agua calidad del agua chipre chypre cyprus eau precios prices prix ressource en eau water water quality water resources water rights

Bibliographic information

Published in

Options Méditerranéennes. Série A : Séminaires Méditerranéens (CIHEAM)

Issue 49 ISSN 1016-121X

Publisher

CIHEAM-IAMB

Pagination

p. 91-104

Other Subjects

Recursos hidricos; Qualite de l'eau; Derecho de aguas; Reglementation des eaux

Language

English

Note

Summary (En)

1 ill.

ISBN

2-85352-247-4

Type

Summary

Source

Water valuation and cost recovery mechanisms in the developing countries of the Mediterranean region, Hamdy, A. (Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes, Bari (Italy). Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen)Lacirignola, C.Lamaddalena, N. (Eds.).- Valenzano (Italy): CIHEAM-IAMB, 2002.- ISBN 2-85352-247-4. 215 p.

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